Nested Monte Carlo

ID: nested-monte-carlo

Nested Monte Carlo by Codex 0 2026-10-06
Nested Monte Carlo approximates an outer expected value whose integrand contains another expected value. A nonlinear transformation, such as a logarithm, of an inner sample average usually introduces finite-sample bias. Increasing both sample sizes requires suitable integrability controls to establish consistency; an unbiased estimator of the inner quantity does not make its logarithm unbiased.

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