Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport - Hardcover

Haghighat, Alireza

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1466592532 ISBN 13: 9781466592537

Publisher: CRC Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Monte Carlo method has become the de facto standard in radiation transport. Although powerful, if not understood and used appropriately, the method can give misleading results.

Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport teaches appropriate use of the Monte Carlo method, explaining the method’s fundamental concepts as well as its limitations. Concise yet comprehensive, this well-organized text:

• Introduces the particle importance equation and its use for variance reduction
• Describes general and particle-transport-specific variance reduction techniques
• Presents particle transport eigenvalue issues and methodologies to address these issues
• Explores advanced formulations based on the author’s research activities
• Discusses parallel processing concepts and factors affecting parallel performance

Featuring illustrative examples, mathematical derivations, computer algorithms, and homework problems, Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport provides graduate students and nuclear engineers and scientists with a practical guide to the application of the Monte Carlo method.

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About the Author

Alireza Haghighat is a professor at Virginia Tech. He has served as the director of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Lab in Arlington, Virginia, and led the Virginia Tech Theory Transport Group. He previously worked at Penn State and the University of Florida. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Washington. He has published numerous papers, received several best paper awards, and presented many invited workshops, seminars, and papers nationally and internationally. He is a recipient of the 2011 Radiation Protection Shielding Division’s Professional Excellence Award, and a recognition award from the Office of Global Threat Reduction. An ANS fellow, he has served in various ANS leadership positions.

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1466592532
• ISBN 13: 9781466592537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272