MCDET: A probabilistic dynamics method combining Monte Carlo simulation with the discrete dynamic event tree approach

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-156

  Kloos, Martina ^a   Peschke, Jörg ^a  

^a GESELLSCHAFT FÜR ANLAGEN UND REAKTORSICHERHEIT GRS MBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPLEX SYSTEM DYNAMICS; DETERMINISTIC DYNAMICS CODES; DISCRETE ALEATORY VARIABLES; DISCRETE DYNAMIC EVENT TREE (DDET);

PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

EID: 33745553982     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE06-A2601     Document Type: Article

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