Foundations and Methods of Stochastic Simulation: A First Course

This graduate-level textbook covers modelling, programming and analysis of shastic computer simulation experiments, including the mathematical and statistical foundations of simulation and why it works. The book is rigorous and complete, but concise and accessible, providing all necessary background material. Object-oriented programming of simulations is illustrated in Python, while the majority of the book is programming language independent. In addition to covering the foundations of simu...