A simple yet efficient acceleration technique for Monte Carlo simulation

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis: Beyond the Horizon - Proceedings of the European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1369-1376

  Bouissou, M ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RELIABILITY;

ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE; EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY; NON-MARKOVIAN; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SIMULATION TIME; SYSTEM FAILURES; SYSTEM RELIABILITY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84900000799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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