Monte Carlo methods
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A Monte Carlo Simulation is a way of approximating the value of a function where calculating the actual value is difficult or impossible. It uses random sampling to define constraints on the value and then makes a sort of "best guess."
A simple Monte Carlo Simulation can be used to calculate the value for pi. If you had a circle and a square where the length of a side of the square was the same as the diameter of the circle, the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square would be pi/4. So, if you put this circle inside the square and select many random points inside the square, the number of points inside the circle divided by the number of points inside the square and the circle would be approximately pi/4.
Write a function to run a simulation like this with a variable number of random points to select. Also, show the results of a few different sample sizes.
Java
<java>public class MC { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(getPi(10000)); System.out.println(getPi(100000)); System.out.println(getPi(1000000)); System.out.println(getPi(10000000)); System.out.println(getPi(100000000));
} public static double getPi(int numThrows){ int inCircle= 0; for(int i= 0;i < numThrows;i++){ double randX= (Math.random() * 2) - 1;//range -1 to 1 double randY= (Math.random() * 2) - 1;//range -1 to 1 //distance from (0,0) = sqrt((x-0)^2+(y-0)^2) double dist= Math.sqrt(randX * randX + randY * randY); if(dist < 1){ inCircle++; } } return 4.0 * inCircle / numThrows; } }</java> Output:
3.1396 3.14256 3.141516 3.1418692 3.14168604