Defects in parallel Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo integration using the leap-frog technique

Parallel Algorithms and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 13-26

  Entacher, Karl ^a   Schell, Thomas ^b   Schmid, Wolfgang Ch ^b   Uhl, Andreas ^b  

^a SALZBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

(Quasi) Monte Carlo methods; Low discrepancy sequences; Numerical integration; Parallel algorithms; Pseudo random numbers

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

LEAP-FROG TECHNIQUE; LOW-DISCREPANCY SEQUENCES; PROCESSING ELEMENT; QUASI-MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR;

PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344897576     PISSN: 10637192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1063719031000088021     Document Type: Article

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