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This article attempts to adapt the Monte Carlo method to the quantitative risk management of environmental pollution. In this context, the feasibility of stochastic models to quantitatively evaluate ...

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Monte Carlo simulations predict investment risks and returns using computer models. They enable investors to assess outcomes under various market conditions. Accessible tools like online calculators ...

This article presents several applications of the score statistic in the context of output assessment for Monte Carlo simulations. We begin by observing that the expected value of the score statistic ...

A recent report, “Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States,” co-chaired by Michael R. Bloomberg, Henry Paulson and Tom Steyer, suggests that “by 2050 between $66 ...