Monte Carlo simulation of diffusion in a spatially nonhomogeneous medium: A biased random walk on an asymmetrical lattice

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 253-265

  Farnell, L ^a   Gibson, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Monte Carlo; Random walk; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BIASED RANDOM WALK; DETERMINISTICS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; NONHOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; RANDOM WALK; SIMPLE++; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; TIME STEP;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 19044377285     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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