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Characterization of a cylindrical plastic {\beta}-detector with Monte Carlo simulations of optical photons
2017
V. Guadilla et al. -- 5 pags., 8 figs., tab.
Characterization and performance of the DTAS detector
2018
11 pags., 16 figs., 3 tabs.
Active controlled structural systems under delta-correlated random excitation: linear and nonlinear case
2006
Abstract Reduction of structural vibration in active controlled dynamical system is usually performed by means of convenient control forces dependent of the dynamic response. In this paper the existent studies will be extended to dynamical systems subjected to non-Gaussian random process accounting for the time delay involved in the application of active control actions. Control forces acting with time-delay effects will be expanded in Taylor series evaluating response statistics by means of the extended Ito differential rule to consider the effects of the non-normality of the input processes. Numerical application provided shows the feasibility of the proposed method to analyze stochastic …
Multivariate exponential smoothing: A Bayesian forecast approach based on simulation
2009
This paper deals with the prediction of time series with correlated errors at each time point using a Bayesian forecast approach based on the multivariate Holt-Winters model. Assuming that each of the univariate time series comes from the univariate Holt-Winters model, all of them sharing a common structure, the multivariate Holt-Winters model can be formulated as a traditional multivariate regression model. This formulation facilitates obtaining the posterior distribution of the model parameters, which is not analytically tractable: simulation is needed. An acceptance sampling procedure is used in order to obtain a sample from this posterior distribution. Using Monte Carlo integration the …
An Ordinal Joint Model for Breast Cancer
2017
We propose a Bayesian joint model to analyze the association between longitudinal measurements of an ordinal marker and time to a relevant event. The longitudinal process is defined in terms of a proportional-odds cumulative logit model and the time-to-event process through a left-truncated Cox proportional hazards model with information of the longitudinal marker and baseline covariates. Both longitudinal and survival processes are connected by a common vector of random effects.
An Analytic Hierachy Process for Ranking Operating Costs of Low Cost and Full Service Airlines
2009
This paper develops an application of the analytic hierarchy process to rank the operating cost components of full service and low cost airlines. It takes into account the financial balance sheets and answers to a questionnaire submitted to the managers of selected airlines. The results suggest that the analytic hierarchy process can be appropriately used to obtain the ranking of the costs taking into account different views: financial, management and operative. Rental, office equipment and other supplies costs show the highest importance in the cost ranking, both for full services and low cost airlines. The robustness of the results is tested by Monte Carlo analysis.
Kinetic Monte Carlo modeling of Y2O3 nano-cluster formation in radiation resistant matrices
2018
This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium and has received funding from the Euratom research and training programme 2014-2018 under grant agreement No 633053. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.
Statistical characterization of self-assembled charged nanoparticle structures
2013
We propose a novel approach for description of dynamics of nanostructure formation for a system consisting of oppositely charged particles. The combination of numerical solution of analytical Bogolyubov–Born–Green–Kirkwood–Yvon (BBGKY) type equation set with reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) method allows us to overcome difficulties of standard approaches, such as kinetic Monte Carlo or Molecular Dynamics, to describe effects of long-range Coulomb interactions. Moreover, this allows one to study the system dynamics on realistic time and length scales. We applied this method to a simple short-range Lenard–Jones (LJ)-like three- (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) system combining the long-range Coulomb an…
Caracterización y modelización de detectores basados en la tecnología Cristal Continuo/SiPM para escáneres de tomografía por emisión de positrones
2012
El grupo IRIS (Image Reconstruction Instrumentation and Simulations for medical imaging applications) del Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) ha desarrollado un prototipo de un tomógrafo PET con dos cabezas giratorias basado en cristales continuos acoplados a unos nuevos fotodetectores conocidos como fotomultiplicadores de silicio (SiPM). En un futuro se quiere construir un anillo completo y se está considerando el uso de geometrías alternativas, como la sustitución de los cristales cuboides por cristales trapezoidales con el fin de evitar los huecos entre cristales adyacentes. El uso de estos cristales permitiría mejorar la eficiencia y la calidad de la reconstrucción de la imagen. El o…
Radiation model of a TiO2-coated, quartz wool, packed-bed photocatalytic reactor
2010
The radiation field of a packed-bed photocatalytic reactor filled with quartz wool coated with titanium dioxide was modeled using the Monte Carlo technique and the following information: the radiation flux emitted by the lamps, the diameter size distribution of the quartz fiber cloth, the mass of quartz fibers and of TiO2 that was immobilized on the fiber surface as well as the refractive index and the spectral absorption coefficient of the materials of the system. Modeling predictions were validated with radiometer measurements of the transmitted radiation through the reactor, the root mean square error being < 9.7%. Finally, by means of a parametric study, the validated model was used to …