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A multivariate normal distribution data set with the variance and mean given by this i and x was generated by the Monte Carlo method to simulate the process sampling data. The data size was 1000 and it was used to investigate the performance of the indirect method. 

Monte Carlo methods are useful for simulating systems with many coupled degrees of freedom, such as in evaluating a multivariable statistical mechanics integral. That is, they can be used to obtain the expectation value for a macroscopic variable. A, for a system of IV particles in which [1] the Hamiltonian, U r), is known [2], the system is at some temperature,... 

It is rather difficult to find the global minimum of such a multivariable function. The gradient method normally used is problematic in that only the next local minimum can be reached. On the other hand, the Monte-Carlo methods, which make guesses by means of random numbers, are not reliable enough with such a large number of variables. Thus, evolutionary algorithms represent an interesting alternative. 

Rosner, D. E., McGraw, R. Tandon, P. 2003 Multivariate population balances via moment and Monte Carlo simulation methods an important sol reaction engineering bivariate example and mixed moments for the estimation of deposition, scavenging, and optical properties for populations of nonspherical suspended particles. Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research 42, 2699-21 1. 

Market simulations are run many times for a range of initial aquifer levels, with input obtained via Monte Carlo sampling from a joint, multivariate distribution created from inflow and withdrawal data. Simulated supply and demand conditions are translated into market prices for each transfer type, and the expected cost and reliability of various combinations, or portfolios, of transfer types can be computed. The transfer types are specified for each scenario, and a sequential search method is then used to identify minimum cost portfolios that meet designated supply-reliability constraints (Figure 3). Differences in the cost of the respective portfolios indicate the value of including each transaction type in the market, as well as how the cost of market-based approaches compares to the development of the least expensive new water source (Carrizo Aquifer). 

Simulated annealing is a global, multivariate optimization technique based on the Metropolis Monte Carlo search algorithm. The method starts from an initial random state, and walks through the state space associated with the problem of interest by generating a series of small, stochastic steps. An objective function maps each state into a value in EH that measures its fitness. In the problem at hand, a state is a unique -membered subset of compounds from the n-membered set, its fitness is the diversity associated with that set, and the step is a small change in the composition of that set (usually of the order of 1-10% of the points comprising the set). While downhill transitions are always accepted, uphill transitions are accepted with a probability that is inversely proportional to... 

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