During this lecture, we review the topics covered up to this point in the course as preparation for the upcoming midterm exam. Students are encouraged to bring their own questions to class so that we can focus on the topics that students feel like they need the most help with.
Archived lectures from undergraduate course on stochastic simulation given at Arizona State University by Ted Pavlic
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Lecture E2 (2024-10-01): Random-Variate Generation
In this lecture, we review pseudo-random number generation and then introduce random-variate generation by way of inverse-transform sampling. In particular, we start with a review of the two most important properties of a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), uniformity and independence, and discuss statistically rigorous methods for testing for these two properties. For uniformity, we focus on a Chi-square/Chi-squared test for larger numbers of samples and a Kolmogorov–Smirnov (KS) test for smaller numbers of samples. For independence, we discuss autocorrelation tests and runs test, and then we demonstrate a runs above-and-below-the-mean test. We then shift to discussing inverse-transform sampling for continuous random variates and discrete random variates and how the resulting random-variate generators might be implemented in a tool like Rockwell Automation's Arena.
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