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The “independence <strong>of</strong> the dimension”<br />

Let now U be an uniform r.v. on the cube [0,1] d and X = f (U).<br />

We immediately have µ = E(X), which opens the path to the <strong>Monte</strong><br />

Carlo technique for approximating µ statistically.<br />

We have that<br />

◮ ¯Xn is an estimator <strong>of</strong> our integral,<br />

◮ and that the convergence speed, as a function <strong>of</strong> n, is in n −1/2 , thus<br />

independent <strong>of</strong> the dimension d <strong>of</strong> the problem.<br />

This independence <strong>of</strong> the dimension <strong>of</strong> the problem in the<br />

computational cost is the main advantage <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Monte</strong> Carlo<br />

approach over quadrature techniques.<br />

In many cases, it means that quadrature techniques can not be<br />

applied, and that <strong>Monte</strong> Carlo works in reasonable time with good<br />

accuracy.<br />

G. Rubino (INRIA) <strong>Monte</strong> Carlo DEPEND 2010 13 / 72

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