random_walk_2d_simulation


random_walk_2d_simulation, a Python code which simulates a random walk in a 2D region.

random_walk_2d_plot() plots the trajectories of one or more random walks.

random_walk_2d_simulation() plots averaged data for any number of random walks that each use the same number of steps. The data plotted is the average and maximum of the distance squared at each time step. The average distance squared should behave like the number of time steps.

Usage:

random_walk_2d_plot ( step_num, walk_num )
where

random_walk_2d_simulation ( step_num, walk_num )
where

Licensing:

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

Languages:

random_walk_2d_simulation is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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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. Martin Gardner,
    The Mathematical Circus,
    Mathematics Association of America, 1996,
    ISBN13: 978-0883855065,
    LC: QA95.G287.
  2. Ian Stewart,
    "Repealing the Law of Averages",
    Scientific American,
    Volume 278, Number 4, April 1998, pages 102-104.

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Last revised on 27 November 2022.