![]() ![]() Probability distributions can be described by a cumulative curve, like the one below. It works by controlling the way that random samples are generated for a probability distribution. We are often asked why we don’t implement LHS in our ModelRisk software, since nearly all other Monte Carlo simulation applications do, so we thought it would be worthwhile to provide an explanation here. LHS does not deserve a place in modern simulation software. However, desktop computers are now at least 1,000 times faster than the early 1980s, and the value of LHS has disappeared as a result. It was, at the time, an appealing technique because it allowed one to obtain a stable output with a much smaller number of samples than simple Monte Carlo simulation, making simulation more practical with the computing tools available at the time. The technique dates back to 1980 (even though the manual describes LHS as “a new sampling technique”) when computers were very slow, the number of distributions in a model was extremely modest and simulations took hours or days to complete. It is a method for ensuring that each probability distribution in your model is evenly sampled which at first glance seems very appealing. Most risk analysis simulation software products offer Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS). ![]()
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