Observations with regard to massively parallel computation for Monte Carlo simulation of stochastic dynamical systems

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 721-734

  Johnson, E A ^a   Wojtkiewicz, S F ^a   Bergman, L A ^a   Spencer Jr , B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DIRECT MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 0031191565     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7462(96)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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