Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The VEGAS algorithm is a method for reducing error in the Monte Carlo simulation by using a known or approximate probability distribution function to concentrate the search in those areas of the graph that make the greatest contribution to the final integral. References G.P. Lepage, A New Algorithm for Adaptive Multidimensional Integration, Journal of Computational Physics 27, 192-203, (1978) G.P. Lepage, VEGAS: An Adaptive Multi-dimensional Integration Program, Cornell preprint CLNS 80-447, March 1980 This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.