Variance reduction for Monte Carlo solutions of the Boltzmann equation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Baker, Lowell L ^a   Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BOLTZMANN COLLISION; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL SAVINGS; MACH NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION;

EID: 20444423329     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1899210     Document Type: Article

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