MONTE CARLO SHIELDING CALCULATIONS USING EVENT-VALUE PATH-LENGTH BIASING.

J. S. Tang, T. J. Hoffman, P. N. Stevens

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Abstract

The role of the event-value and the point-value functions in importance sampling is clearly defined. A biasing technique that alters the transport kernel using the event-value function is developed. This path-length biasing technique is demonstrated by application to a deep penetration shielding problems. The results indicate a substantial reduction in computational cost over the standard exponential transform or adjoint flux biasing of the collision site selection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)617-626
Number of pages10
JournalNuclear Science and Engineering
Volume62
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1977

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