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It's Bound to Be Right

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Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, F Sullivan

Abstract

This is a tutorial article on a Monte Carlo method for eliminating double counting in massive data sets. It has also been used to classify images.
Citation
Computing in Science & Engineering
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

algorithms, image analysis, massive data, monte Carlo methods, probabilistic methods, scientific computing

Citation

Beichl, I. and Sullivan, F. (2002), It's Bound to Be Right, Computing in Science & Engineering, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150844 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created April 1, 2002, Updated February 17, 2017
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