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Monte Carlo Particle Transport Methods: Neutron and Photon - gnssn

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227possible events in a collision, provided the expected score in a free flight + collision processremains unchanged. This idea is a simple illustration of the possible variety of the partiallyunbiased estimators <strong>and</strong> also a motivation for seeking transformation procedures that leavethe expected score unaltered. A simple example of the heuristic arguments above is that thebasic estimator S{f(P'),0,0,{0}} is equivalent to the estimator set S{0,f(P'),f(P'),{f(P')}*„.i}since both sets give the same score, f(P'), at every collision point P'. Note, however, thatthe two sets do not necessarily yield the same variance, as follows from the results of Section5.III.B.Let us introduce the following notationsf Es(P') = |dP"C s(P',P")f s(P',P") (5.208)<strong>and</strong>UP') = nJdP"C n(P',P")f„(P',P") (5-209)Evidently, f E5(P') is the expected score from a scattering at P' <strong>and</strong> it will be called theexpected scattering estimator. Similarly, f E[1(P') is the expected n-fold multiplication estimator.With these notations, Equation (5.207) becomesdP'T(P.P') f(P,p') + c a(P')f,(P') + c,(P')UP') + c,.(P') 2 q„(P')UP'>= JdP'T(P,P')f(P') = I(P) (5.210)Accordingly, the set S{f,f a,f Es,{f En}nFor convenience, in the following derivations let us denotei} that satisfies Equation (5.210) is partially unbiased.Po(P') = c,(P'),P,(P') = c s(P')P n + 1(P') = CXPOq n(P'), n = 1,2,... (5.211)<strong>and</strong>g o(P,P') = f.(P') + F(P,P'), G,(P,P') = FES(P') + X.P')g„ +1(P,P') = f E„(P') + f(P,P'), n = 1,2,... (5.212)With these notations, the set of estimators in Equation (5.210) is rewritten as 8{0,IgX 0I<strong>and</strong> the Equation itself, which expresses the condition that the set be unbiased, is rewrittenas|dP'T(P,P') £ p,(P')g,(P,P') = KP) (5.2!3)•> i = 0where, according to Equation (5.211)ip,(p') = i

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