Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing

Invited Papers.- Modified Monte Carlo Methods Using Quasi-Random Sequences.- Simulated Annealing: Folklore, Facts, and Directions.- Two Approaches to the Initial Transient Problem.- Tables of (T, M, S) -Net and (T, S) -Sequence Parameters.- New Developments in Uniform Pseudorandom Number and Vector Generation.- Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport Problems.- Contributed Papers.- Non-Adaptive Coverings for Optimization of Gaussian Random Fields.- The Method of Fundamental Solutions and the Quasi-Monte Carlo Method for Poisson's Equation.- Implementation of a Distributed Pseudorandom Number Generator.- On the Lattice Test for Inversive Congruential Pseudorandom Numbers.- Discrepancy Lower Bound in Two Dimensions.- Stable Estimators for Self-Adjusting Simulations.- A Comparison of Random and Quasirandom Points for Multidimensional Quadrature.- A Simulation Study of a Change-Point Poisson Process Based on Two Well-known Test Statistics.- A Quasi-Monte Carlo Algorithm for the Global Illumination Problem in the Radiosity Setting.- Multivariate Walsh Series, Digital Nets and Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration.- Parallel Pseudorandom Number Generation Using Additive Lagged-Fibonacci Recursions.- Quasirandom Diffusion Monte Carlo.- Randomly Permuted (t ,m, s) -Nets and (t, s) -Sequences.- Quantum Monte Carlo Simulation: Algorithm and Applications.- A Coupled Monte Carlo/Explicit Euler Method for the Numerical Simulation of a Forest Fire Spreading Model.- Microcanonical Monte Carlo.- Computational Investigations of Low-Discrepancy Point Sets II.- Estimates for the Volume of Points of (0, s) -Sequences in Base b?s?2.