tetrahedron01_monte_carlo


tetrahedron01_monte_carlo, a C++ code which uses the Monte Carlo method to estimate the integral of a function F(X,Y,Z) over the interior of the unit tetrahedron in 3D.

The interior of the unit tetrahedron in 3D is defined by the constraints:

        0 <= X
        0 <= Y
        0 <= Z
             X + Y + Z <= 1
      
The functions F(X,Y,Z) are monomials, having the form
        F(X,Y,Z) = X^E(1) * Y^E(2) * Z^E(3)
      
where the exponents are nonnegative integers.

Licensing:

The information on this web page is distributed under the MIT license.

Languages:

tetrahedron01_monte_carlo is available in a C version and a C++ version and a Fortran90 version and a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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Reference:

  1. Claudio Rocchini, Paolo Cignoni,
    Generating Random Points in a Tetrahedron,
    Journal of Graphics Tools,
    Volume 5, Number 4, 2000, pages 9-12.
  2. Reuven Rubinstein,
    Monte Carlo Optimization, Simulation and Sensitivity of Queueing Networks,
    Krieger, 1992,
    ISBN: 0894647644,
    LC: QA298.R79.
  3. Greg Turk,
    Generating Random Points in a Triangle,
    in Graphics Gems I,
    edited by Andrew Glassner,
    AP Professional, 1990,
    ISBN: 0122861663,
    LC: T385.G697

Source Code:


Last revised on 30 April 2020.