As is evident from the earlier post, the larger the sample
size, the more is the number of digits in the estimate for pi. However, a
question now arises as to whether or not this random sampling of marbles would
hold good for every throw. The clichéd analogy is the well known problem that
the probability of obtaining a head or a tail from a coin toss is 50%. While it
is very well possible that the percentage may spike vastly from 50% for small
sample sizes (aka beginner’s luck in gambling), the average gets closer to 50%
as the number of tosses increases and stays pegged at 50% for very large sizes.
Getting back to estimating pi, the Monte Carlo analysis looks
at analyzing the problem for several throws of the marbles, while each throw
gets perturbed for its inputs (i.e., randomized probabilities) in order to
obtain a contour map of the possibilities or regions for the occurrences of the
solutions.
However, what’s to say that a random throw of marbles (no
matter what the sample size is) that works for one throw will hold good for a 2nd
throw, or any subsequent one? A second level analysis utilizing the MC
technique can be incorporated, with multiple throws of randomized sample sizes
in order to determine a statistical parametric output for large number of
throws.
To be cont'd
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