| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 289 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Random variables and sampling -- Random number generator (RNG) -- Fundamentals of probability and statistics -- Integrals and associated variance reduction techniques -- Fixed-source Monte Carlo particle transport -- Variance reduction techniques for fixed-source particle transport -- Scoring/tallying -- Geometry and particle tracking -- Eigenvalue (criticality) Monte Carlo method for particle transport -- Fission matrix methods for eigenvalue Monte Carlo simulation -- Vector and parallel processing of Monte Carlo particle transport -- Appendices. Integer operations on a binary computer -- Derivation of a formulation for the scattering direction in a 3-D domain -- Solid angle formulation -- Energy-dependent neutron-nuclear interactions in Monte Carlo simulation -- Shannon entropy |
| Summary |
"Fully updated with the latest developments in the eigenvalue Monte Carlo calculations and automatic variance reduction techniques and containing an entirely new chapter on fission matrix and alternative hybrid techniques. This second edition explores the uses of the Monte Carlo method for real-world applications, explaining its concepts and limitations. Featuring illustrative examples, mathematical derivations, computer algorithms, and homework problems, it is an ideal textbook and practical guide for nuclear engineers and scientists looking into the applications of the Monte Carlo method, in addition to students in physics and engineering, and those engaged in the advancement of the Monte Carlo methods"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Dr. Alireza Haghighat is professor and Director of Nuclear Engineering Program, Virginia Tech. He is a fellow of the American Nuclear Society. He has made pioneering contributions to the development of accurate and efficient deterministic, stochastic, and hybrid particle transport theory methods and their application to complex problems in nuclear reactors, nuclear security and radiation diagnosis and therapy |
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Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 15, 2021) |
| Subject |
Monte Carlo method.
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Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Mathematical models
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Radiative transfer.
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Transport theory.
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MATHEMATICS -- Probability & Statistics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Nuclear Physics.
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Monte Carlo method
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Transport theory
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Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Mathematical models
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Radiative transfer
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429582202 |
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042958220X |
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9780429198397 |
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0429198396 |
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9780429579981 |
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0429579985 |
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9780429584107 |
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0429584105 |
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