Yet another application of the Monte Carlo method for modeling in the field of biomedicine

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-235

  Cassia Moura, R ^a,c   Sousa, C S ^b   Ramos, A D ^b   Coelho, L C B B ^b   Valenca M M ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; C code; Monte Carlo calculation; Probabilistic model; Statistical analysis; Theoretical biophysics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DRUG PRODUCTS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BIOMEDICINE; CHAOTIC FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAZIL; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 19344378340     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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