Weighted simulation of steady-state transport within the standard Monte Carlo paradigm

Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 531-539

  Portolan, Stefano ^a   Iotti, Rita C ^a   Rossi, Fausto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Monte Carlo sampling; Semiconductor devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844454786     PISSN: 09299629     EISSN: 15693961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mcma.2004.10.3-4.531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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