Reduced order modeling for accelerated Monte Carlo simulations in radiation transport》.pdf

Applied Mathematics and Computation 267 (2015) 237–251 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Mathematics and Computation journal homepage: /locate/amc Reduced order modeling for accelerated Monte Carlo simulations in radiation transport q Indika Udagedara a, Brian Helenbrook b,c, Aaron Luttman d,⇑, Stephen E. Mitchell d a Department of Mathematics, SC388, Clarkson University, P.O. Box 5815, Potsdam, NY 13699-5815, United States b Department of Mathematics, 357 CAMP, Clarkson University, P.O. Box 5725, Potsdam, NY 13699-5725, United States c Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, 357 CAMP, Clarkson University, P.O. Box 5725, Potsdam, NY 13699-5725, United States d National Security Technologies LLC, P.O. Box 98521, M/S NLV078, Las Vegas, NV 89030, United States a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: Large-scale Monte Carlo simulations are the most common computational approach for Reduced order modeling modeling radiation transport, but, in some applications, the time required for such Radiation transport simulations can make them impractical and the required computational resources can Monte Carlo simulations be prohibitive. To increase computational efficiency, there are a wide range of techniques Proper orthogonal decomposition that are designed to reduce the number of so-called particle histories that must simulated to obtain statistically significant results, but it is also possible to use reduced or