Monte Carlo simulation: Its status and future

JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-373

  Murtha, J A ^a,b,c  

^a U of Wisconsin Green Bay   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Forum Ser Asia Pac Steering Comm ^*

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EID: 0001221922     PISSN: 01492136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/37932-JPT     Document Type: Article

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