Advanced variance reduction strategies for optimizing mesh tallies in MAVRIC

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 595-597

  Peplow, Douglas E ^a   Blakeman, Edward D ^a   Wagner, John C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; COMPUTATIONAL TIMES; MONTE CARLO; PRACTICAL MODELS; SHIELDING PROBLEMS; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS;

REACTOR SHIELDING;

EID: 55349093272     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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