A generalized collision mechanism for stochastic particle schemes approximating Boltzmann-type equations

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 165-178

  Rjasanow, S ^a   Wagner, W ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boltzmann type equations; Collision mechanism; Stochastic particle method; Variance reduction

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATE SPACE METHODS;

BOLTZMANN TYPE EQUATIONS; GENERALIZED COLLISION MECHANISM; STOCHASTIC PARTICLE SCHEMES; VARIANCE REDUCTION;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 0031621468     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0898-1221(97)00266-6     Document Type: Article

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