Monte-Carlo Simulations(eli.thegreenplace.net)
154 points by ibobev | 35 comments
Eli Bendersky blog post explaining Monte Carlo simulations with examples like estimating pi by throwing darts, using Rust and Python.
#monte-carlo on Hacker News
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Los Alamos bets on ENIAC: Nuclear Monte Carlo simulations, 1947–1948 (2014) [pdf](tomandmaria.com)
48 points by nill0 | 1 comments
A 2014 IEEE Annals of the History of Computing paper by Haigh, Priestley and Rope reconstructing the 1948 ENIAC Monte Carlo nuclear simulations run for Los Alamos.
Show HN: Unsure Calculator – back-of-a-napkin probabilistic calculator(filiph.github.io)
810 points by filiph | 146 comments
Web-based Unsure Calculator that evaluates formulas with ranges like 4~6, producing probabilistic back-of-the-napkin estimates.
Pen and Paper Exercises in Machine Learning (2022)(arxiv.org)
389 points by ibobev | 53 comments
arXiv paper by Michael U. Gutmann collecting pen-and-paper exercises on machine learning topics like graphical models, HMM inference, sampling, and variational inference.
Show HN: I spent 2 years building a personal finance simulator(projectionlab.com)
671 points by scubakid | 229 comments
Landing page for ProjectionLab, a personal finance planning tool for simulating financial futures and building retirement plans.