A Kinetic Theory for Nonanalog Monte Carlo Particle Transport Algorithms: Exponential Transform with Angular Biasing in Planar-Geometry Anisotropically Scattering Media

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 406-431

  Ueki, Taro ^a   Larsen, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; GEOMETRY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; KINETIC THEORY; PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

BIASING SCHEME; BOLTZMANN; EXPONENTIAL TRANSFORMS; MONTE CARLO PARTICLE TRANSPORTS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; NEUTRAL PARTICLES; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; SCATTERING MEDIUM; TRANSPORT ALGORITHMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0000813572     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1998.6039     Document Type: Article

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