METHODS IN MONTE CARLO SOLUTION OF THE RADIATION TRANSPORT EQUATION

Abstract

Importance Sampling; General Theory, An Exponential Transformation for Spherical Geometry, and Importance Sampling in an Inhomogeneous Atmosphere. Scoring Methods - Flux at a Point; Uncollided Flux Estimator, Analysis of the Infinite Variance Estimator, Finite Variance Methods, Sampling from U1(r) and U2(r), and Tests of Flux Estimators.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276087

Entities

People

  • M. H. Kalos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Collisions
  • Computations
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Estimators
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Government Procurement
  • Mean Free Path
  • Probability
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Random Variables
  • Sampling
  • Scattering
  • Transport Ships

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Solar Physics
  • Statistical inference.