Strategies for Efficient Particle Resolution in the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 727-745

  Kannenberg, Keith C ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; GRID MANIPULATION; HIGHEST DENSITY REGIONS; LOWER DENSITY; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; PARTICLE RESOLUTIONS; PARTICLE-COUNTS; TIME STEP;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 0034687919     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1999.6397     Document Type: Article

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