On quasi-Monte Carlo rules achieving higher order convergence

Abstract

Quasi-Monte Carlo rules which can achieve arbitrarily high order of convergence have been introduced recently. The construction is based on digital nets and the analysis of the integration error uses Walsh functions. Various approaches have been used to show arbitrarily high convergence. In this paper we explain the ideas behind higher order quasi-Monte Carlo rules by leaving out most of the technical details and focusing on the main ideas. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009.