snakes_2014_fsu

snakes_2014_fsu, "Snakes and Ladders: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation of a System with Jumps", a talk on a computational simulation of the game of Snakes and Ladders, given to Max Gunzburger's group, at Florida State University, 16 September 2014.

• snakes_2014_fsu.tex
• snakes_2014_fsu.pdf

The following files were used:

• 3x3_transition.png, a hand-drawn transition diagram for a version of Snakes and Ladders on a tiny 3x3 board numbered 0 through 9 with a die that only rolls 1 or 2, and one snake and one ladder.
• cdf.png, a plot of the cumulative density function for the number of moves required to win the game.
• fsu_logo.pdf, a logo for FSU.
• pdf.png, a plot of the probability density function for the number of moves required to win the game.
• pied_piper.png, an image that might suggest how sometimes an instructor feels, when obligated to try to fascinate and entertain an audience before attempting to instruct it.
• snakes_board.png, a typical Snakes and Ladders game board (there are many variations).
• snakes_display.png, a lurid cover for a Snakes and Ladders game.
• vending.png, a transition diagram for a vending machine.