Whole field computation using Monte Carlo method

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 303-312

  Sadiku, Matthew N O ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Garcia, Raymond C ^b,f,h  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

WHOLE FIELD COMPUTATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0031235975     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1204(199709/10)10:5<303::AID-JNM281>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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