Sampling random directions within an elliptical cone

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2017.05.010MaRDI QIDQ1739127zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Darwin C. Hall

Publication date 25 April 2019

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc5526646

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlorandom directionspherical sampling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05)

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