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R shines as a tool for simulations of all kinds. Simulations have been around for a very long time. I remember doing Monte Carlo simulations as a graduate student with FORTRAN-IV programs I wrote. That was fun, but R is far more versatile, and as a result, more fun.
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Pace, L. (2012). Using R for Simulation. In: Beginning R. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4555-1_17
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