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at January 2, 2009 22:35 by ronaldtm
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/*
 * Monte Carlo simulation for the Monty Hall Problem:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem.
 */

import java.util.*

class MontyHall {
    static def RANDOM = new Random()

    def doors = ['car','goat','goat']

    MontyHall() {
        Collections.shuffle(doors)
    }

    def pick_door() {
        RANDOM.nextInt(3)
    }

    def reveal_door(pick) {
        def available_doors = [0, 1, 2] - [doors.indexOf('car'), pick]
        available_doors[RANDOM.nextInt(available_doors.size())]
    }

    // Return true if the player won by staying
    // with their first choice, false otherwise.
    def staying_wins(pick) {
        won(pick)
    }

    // Return true if the player won by switching, false otherwise.
    def switching_wins(pick, open_door) {
        def switched_pick = ([0, 1, 2] - [open_door, pick])[0]
        won(switched_pick)
    }

    // Return true if the player's final pick hides a car, false otherwise.
    def won(pick) {
        doors[pick] == 'car'
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        def ITERATIONS = 1000000

        def staying = 0
        def switching = 0
        
        ITERATIONS.times {
            def mh = new MontyHall()
            def picked = mh.pick_door()
            def revealed = mh.reveal_door(picked)
            if (mh.staying_wins(picked)) staying++
            if (mh.switching_wins(picked, revealed)) switching++
        }

        def staying_rate = (staying / ITERATIONS) * 100
        def switching_rate = (switching / ITERATIONS) * 100

        println "Staying: ${staying_rate}%."
        println "Switching: ${switching_rate}%."
    }
}
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