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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.
Describes general and particle-transport-specific automated variance reduction techniques
Presents Monte Carlo particle transport eigenvalue issues and methodologies to address these issues
Presents detailed derivation of existing and advanced formulations and algorithms with real-world examples from the author’s research activities
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Random Variables and Sampling
Chapter 3. Random Number Generator (RNG)
Chapter 4. Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics
Chapter 5. Integrals and Associated Variance Reduction Techniques
Chapter 6. Fixed-Source Monte Carlo Particle Transport
Chapter 7. Variance Reducation Techniques or Fixed-Source Particles
Chapter 8. Scoring/ Tallying
Chapter 9. Geometry and Particle Tracking
Chpater 10. Eigenvalue (Criticality) Monte Carlo Method for Particle Transport
Chapter 11. Fission Matrix Methods for Eigenvalue Monte Carlo Simulation
Chapter 12. Vector and Parallel Processing of Monte Carlo Particle Transport
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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.