Few Group Collapsing of Covariance Matrix Data Based on a Conservation Principle

Nuclear Data Sheets

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2801-2806

  Hiruta, H ^a   Palmiotti, G ^a   Salvatores, M ^a,b   Arcilla, R ^c   Oblozinsky P ^c   McKnight, R D ^d  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES; COVARIANCE DATA; COVARIANCE MATRICES; ENERGY GROUPS; ENERGY STRUCTURES; GROUP STRUCTURE; INTEGRAL PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT; UNCERTAINTY;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 57049176258     PISSN: 00903752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nds.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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