A History of Distribution Sampling Prior to the Era of the Computer and its Relevance to Simulation
计算机时代以前的分布抽样史及其对模拟的意义
The use of simulation, as a technique for attacking difficult problems, has increased greatly with the availability of the digital computer. This is illustrated by the large number of references in Shubik's (1960) bibliography2 and in the large number of studies published since then. Simulation is essentially an extension of a technique known as empirical sampling, or distribution sampling, which has been used in the field of statistics for many years. The limitations of the…