A technique for random walk enumeration : counting the elementary paths on a rectangular grid

dc.contributor.committeeMemberPyle, Leonard Duane
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSchatz, Joseph A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcInnis, Bayliss C.
dc.creatorShapiro, Jakob
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-23T19:56:50Z
dc.date.available2021-12-23T19:56:50Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.description.abstractA new method is presented for the construction and analysis of non self-intersecting random walks which: (a) makes economic use of digital computer time, both in the exact enumeration of walks and in applying Monte-Carlo methods; and (b) appears to provide a sympathetic environment for analytical investigations such as obtaining the upper bound for the number of paths on a grid. An algorithm for the enumeration of elementary paths on a rectangular grid is presented and discussed; a program based on this algorithm is exhibited. This program was written for a square, n x n, grid and results are given for n = 2, 3, 4, and 5.
dc.description.departmentComputer Science, Department of
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dc.identifier.other4237714
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/8434
dc.language.isoen
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dc.titleA technique for random walk enumeration : counting the elementary paths on a rectangular grid
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
thesis.degree.departmentComputer Science, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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