fair_dice_simulation

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

Usage:

fair_dice_simulation ( n )

• n is the number of times the dice are thrown.

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 and a Python version.

Related Data and codes:

python_simulation, a Python 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:

• fair_dice_simulation_test.m, calls all the tests;
• fair_dice_simulation_test.sh, runs all the tests;
• fair_dice_simulation_test.txt, the output file.

• fair_dice_1000.png, a frequency plot of 1000 throws of the dice.