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Science News
October 16, 2004 |
A Catalog of Random Bits A computer scientist and collaborators have identified a variety of flaws in computer-based random number generators, invented more robust versions of existing generators, and developed a suite of rigorous tests to check for randomness... Puzzle of the Week...   |
Science News
May 5, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Lava Lamp Randomness Invented in 1963, a decorative fixture in many homes during the 1970s, and still in production, Lava Lite lamps are now the object of renewed curiosity. Indeed, researchers have come up with a novel application of the mesmerizing movements of the lamp's globules, as randomization seeds... |
Science News
November 3, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Absolutely Abnormal Identifying the normal (or even the abnormal) in mathematics can pose serious difficulties... |
Wired
August 2003
Tom McNichol |
Totally Random How two math geeks with a lava lamp and a webcam are about to unleash chaos on the Internet. |
Science News
June 1, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Setting Records Randomly Athletic record-breaking occurs in such small increments that chance factors loom large. Mathematicians and statisticians have sought recently to learn more about the role of randomness in records... |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
PlayStation 3 Processor Speeds Financial-Risk Calculation Georgia Tech's parallel processing code for PlayStation 3's Cell processor makes mountains of random numbers to improve Value-at-Risk and other important algorithms |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2011
Taylor & Cox |
Behind Intel's New Random-Number Generator This random-number generator uses digital circuits to stump the smartest hackers. |
Science News
September 8, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Waves of Congestion From a physicist's point of view, traffic flow can be regarded as a "many-body system of strongly interacting bodies." Various studies have revealed that such systems can show wavelike behavior and abrupt transitions from one state to another... |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
What Are The Odds? A look at whether Monte Carlo simulations help or hinder the planning process. |
Science News
March 4, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
The Limits of Mathematics No matter what the system of axioms or rules is, there will always be some assertion that can be neither proved nor invalidated within the system. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2009
Brent E. Bentrim |
Letters Two articles espousing the merits of Monte Carlo Simulations (MCS) were alarming. |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2004
Charly Travers |
Biotech's Full Monte When it comes to valuing biotech companies, the Monte Carlo simulation lets investors leave the guesswork behind and the random sampling to a computer. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 27, 2005
Maria Santos |
Making Monte Carlo Work The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has lifted the ban on Monte Carlo simulation tools. |
Technology Research News
November 19, 2003
Kimberly Patch |
Physics tackles processor problem The difference between problems that parallel processing computers are good at solving and those they are not is a bit like the difference between water and ice. Pinpointing the boundary between easy and hard parallel processing problems is a physics puzzle that could lead to better parallel processing software. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 11, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Rock-a-bye-Baby Boom You don't have to be young to seek sound advice, especially in financial planning. The great demographic surge is almost upon us. And members of the baby-boom generation, from the wealthy to the fabulously wealthy to the merely well-off, all need good financial advice. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2005
John Nersesian |
The Full Monte By presenting clients with a range of potential results before they experience them and showing them the impact of their investment choices, planners can manage clients' expectations much better than with standard linear forecasting. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2002
Ross Tucker |
NASD Wants to OK Use of Predictive Tools by Brokers NASD member firms want to revise the association's Rule 2210 to make sure that they, too, can use these tools, including Monte Carlo simulations, to help clients make investment decisions. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 9, 2006 |
IPlan Adds Monte Carlo Sims Ibbotson Associates has added Monte Carlo simulations to version 2.0 of iPlan, its Web-based investment planning software. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Bruce W. Fraser |
Last Hand For Monte Carlo? Monte Carlo simulation, a popular retirement planning tool, is under scrutiny. |
Financial Advisor
May 2010
Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Getting Risk Right More retirement planning programs now consider "fat tails." |
