Forward-weighted CADIS method for global variance reduction

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 630-633

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

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINT; DISCRETE ORDINATES; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL VARIANCES; INITIAL TESTING; LARGE RANGES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; SOURCE BIASING; SPENT FUEL STORAGES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SPENT FUELS; WELL TESTING;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 55349095422     PISSN: 0003018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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