Fundamental concepts in the Cyclus nuclear fuel cycle simulation framework

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-59

  Huff, Kathryn D ^a   Gidden, Matthew J ^b   Carlsen, Robert W ^b   Flanagan, Robert R ^c   McGarry, Meghan B ^b   Opotowsky, Arrielle C ^b   Schneider, Erich A ^c   Scopatz, Anthony M ^d   Wilson, Paul P H ^b  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear fuel cycle; Object orientation; Simulation; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SIMULATORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CURRENT CAPABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES; OBJECT ORIENTATION; SIMULATION;

FUELS;

EID: 84957989935     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: 18735339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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