The use of a Monte Carlo method for uncertainty calculation, with an application to the measurement of neutron ambient dose equivalent rate

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-23

  Cox, Maurice ^a   Harris, Peter ^a   Nam, Gyeonghee ^b   Thomas, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REVIEW;

ANISOTROPY; CALIBRATION; EUROPE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33845701057     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl098     Document Type: Review

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