Forward-weighted cadis method for variance reduction of Monte Carlo calculations of distributions and multiple localized quantities

American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics 2009, M and C 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1264-1275

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

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CADIS; Hybrid transport; Monte Carlo; Variance reduction

Indexed keywords

ADJOINTS; DETERMINISTIC CALCULATIONS; DOSE RATE; ENERGY DEPENDENT; IMPORTANCE FUNCTIONS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; SOURCE BIASING; SPECIFIC LOCATION; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; UNIFORM MONTE CARLO; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS; WATER REACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REACTION RATES;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 76749107128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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