Confidence interval procedures for Monte Carlo transport simulations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-77

  Pederson, S P ^a   Forster, R A ^b   Booth, T E ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0343428347     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A1921     Document Type: Article

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