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Monte Carlo Integration |
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| MC-Integration |
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Monte Carlo Integration
매 한 줄
"매 무작위 샘플의 평균이 적분값으로 수렴". ∫f dμ ≈ (1/N)Σf(xᵢ), error O(N⁻¹/²) — 매 dimension에 무관한 게 매 핵심 강점이다. 1949 Metropolis-Ulam에서 Manhattan Project 이후, 2026 LLM 시대에도 매 RLHF reward estimation·diffusion sampling의 backbone.
매 핵심
매 estimator
- Standard MC: x ~ p, Î = (1/N)Σf(xᵢ); Var = σ²/N.
- Importance sampling: x ~ q, Î = (1/N)Σf(xᵢ)p(xᵢ)/q(xᵢ).
- Control variates: f → f − c(g − E[g]); 매 variance ↓.
- Stratified: 매 domain partition.
- Quasi-MC: Sobol/Halton — error O(N⁻¹ logᵈ N).
매 수렴
- Error std ~ σ/√N (CLT).
- 매 dim 무관 — high-dim integration의 매 유일한 실용 도구.
매 응용
- Bayesian inference — posterior expectation (MCMC).
- Computer graphics — path tracing, light transport.
- Finance — option pricing (Black-Scholes path).
- RLHF — reward expectation.
- Diffusion model — score-matching expectation.
💻 패턴
Basic MC integral
Importance sampling
Control variates
Quasi-MC with Sobol
MCMC (Metropolis-Hastings)
JAX vectorized MC
매 결정 기준
| 상황 |
Method |
| Smooth low-dim |
Quadrature or QMC |
| High-dim |
Vanilla MC |
| Heavy tail / rare event |
Importance sampling |
| Posterior |
MCMC (NUTS, HMC) |
| Light transport |
Path tracing + MIS |
기본값: Vanilla MC + control variates (low complexity, low variance).
🔗 Graph
🤖 LLM 활용
언제: High-dim integration, expectation under intractable distribution, simulation.
언제 X: 1-3 dim smooth functions (use Gauss quadrature).
❌ 안티패턴
- Variance 무시: 매 std error 안 보고 estimate 제출.
- Bad importance proposal: 매 q tail이 p보다 얇으면 explosion.
- Correlated samples: MCMC autocorrelation 무시 → 매 ESS 부풀려짐.
🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (Robert & Casella "Monte Carlo Statistical Methods").
- 신뢰도 A.
🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 |
변경 |
| 2026-05-08 |
Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 |
Manual cleanup — MC variants + JAX/MCMC patterns |