DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO: Recent Advances and Applications

DOI10.1146/annurev.fluid.30.1.403zbMath1398.76075OpenAlexW2077290829MaRDI QIDQ4691278

Bohdan Z. Cybyk, Choong K. Oh, Elaine S. Oran

Publication date: 23 October 2018

Published in: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fluid.30.1.403

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65)

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