Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport

This book explains the fundamental concepts, issues, and limitations of the Monte Carlo method. A practical guide to the method’s application, the 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, and includes illustrative examples, mathematical derivations, computer algorithms, and homework problems.