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"Who is Monte Carlo?" Monte Carlo is for Europe what Las Vegas is for the US. The first name that comes to mind when you think gambling.<p>Monte Carlo method is repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results.<p>Monte Carlo algorithms are heuristic algorithms that solve problems with random process that can give wrong answers.<p>Las Vegas algorithms are algorithms that solve problems with randomness but get always correct result or knows that it failed. Runtime is finite.<p>Atlantic City algorithm is a probabilistic polynomial time algorithm that gives correct answer > 50% of the time (or 75% of the time by some definition).