Automatic variance reduction for three-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations by the local importance function transform - I: Analysis

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-35

  Turner, Scott A ^a   Larsen, Edward W ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0002060845     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE127-22     Document Type: Article

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