只有结合不确定性或随机性才能很好地模拟某些现象。金融市场，天气，交通，电力网和材料特性是一些特别容易受到这种现象影响的区域。这些模型的解决方案通过随机计算来近似，这可以得出平均值，方差或最坏的10％情况。随机计算通常涉及使用随机数生成许多可能的情况，然后计算摘要统计信息。
The intent of this program is to provide students with training in mathematics appropriate for many professional mathematical positions in industry. Recent graduates are employed in the aerospace, engineering, energy, actuarial and financial industries, as well as in biostatistics, and as teachers in high schools and community colleges.<br><br>The UH faculty in applied mathematics and computational sciences is internationally recognized for research achievement and teaching. We have excellent computing resources and the university library has an outstanding mathematics collection.