Title: The author is not able to present the ideas in the simplest way.
Review: I was trying to read this book in details on importance sampling. It wasted me a few hours looking at the detailed mathematically formula in the corresponding section in the book without getting a clear high level picture. The convoluted examples given the section is more than necessary. Eventually, I found this series of video lecture from mathematicalmonk on youtube.If you compare the book with this series of video, I believe you will agree that this book deserves a 2 star. Technically this book may be sophisticated. But just by sampling the important sampling section and checking a few other sections in the book, I think that I can conclude fairly safely that if there is anything that a reader don't understand in the book, it is the author's fault but not the readers.[...](ML 17.5) Importance sampling - introductionand the 2 follow up videos
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