fair_dice_simulation


fair_dice_simulation, an Octave code which simulates N games in which two fair dice are thrown and summed.

Usage:

fair_dice_simulation ( n )
where

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

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

Related Data and codes:

fair_dice_simulation_test

octave_simulation, an Octave code which uses simulation to study card games, contests, and other processes which have a random element. Usually, the purpose is to try to predict the average behavior of the system over many trials.

Reference:

  1. Paul Nahin,
    Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems,
    Princeton University Press, 2008,
    ISBN13: 978-0-691-12698-2,
    LC: QA273.25.N34.
  2. Dianne OLeary,
    Scientific Computing with Case Studies,
    SIAM, 2008,
    ISBN13: 978-0-898716-66-5,
    LC: QA401.O44.

Source Code:


Last revised on 11 January 2019.