Deviational particle Monte Carlo for the Boltzmann equation

Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-268

  Wagner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Deviational particles; Monte Carlo method; Reference Maxwellian

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549085341     PISSN: 09299629     EISSN: 15693961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MCMA.2008.010     Document Type: Article

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