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Monte Carlo integration is a powerful tool for scientific and statistical computation, but faces significant challenges when the integrand is a multi-modal distribution, even when the mode locations are known. This work introduces novel…

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Recently, a Monte Carlo method has been presented which allows for the form-free retrieval of size distributions from isotropic scattering patterns, complete with uncertainty estimates linked to the data quality. Here, we present an…

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We examine using Monte Carlo simulations, photon transport in optically `thin' slabs whose thickness L is only a few times the transport mean free path $l^{*}$, with particles of different scattering anisotropies. The confined geometry…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-25 Venkatesh Gopal , S. Anantha Ramakrishna , A. K. Sood , N. Kumar

We are interested in the scattering problem for the cubic 3D nonlinear defocusing Schr\"odinger equation with variable coefficients. Previous scattering results for such problems address only the cases with constant coefficients or assume…

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X-ray scatter has been a serious concern in computed tomography (CT), leading to image artifacts and distortion of CT values. The linear Boltzmann transport equation (LBTE) is recognized as a fast and accurate approach for scatter…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Guoxi Zhu , Li Zhang , Zhiqiang Chen , Hewei Gao

We introduce a numerical method for reconstructing a multidimensional surface using the gradient of the surface measured at some values of the coordinates. The method consists of defining a multidimensional spline function and minimizing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Gergely Endrodi

We propose a new Monte Carlo method for efficiently sampling trajectories with fixed initial and final conditions in a system with discrete degrees of freedom. The method can be applied to any stochastic process with local interactions,…

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We present a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method for the spatially homogeneous multispecies Landau-Fokker-Planck equation. The scheme is derived from a first-order approximation of the multispecies Boltzmann operator in the grazing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Andrea Medaglia

In this work we develop the path integral optimization in a class of inhomogeneous 2d CFTs constructed by putting an ordinary CFT on a space with a position dependent metric. After setting up and solving the general optimization problem, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Pawel Caputa , Ian MacCormack

This paper demonstrates a system capable of combining a sparse, indirect, monocular visual SLAM, with both offline and real-time Multi-View Stereo (MVS) reconstruction algorithms. This combination overcomes many obstacles encountered by…

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We consider the computational efficiency of Monte Carlo (MC) and Multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) methods applied to partial differential equations with random coefficients. These arise, for example, in groundwater flow modelling, where a…

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We describe modern variants of Monte Carlo methods for Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) of the Neutron Transport Equation, when it is approximated by the discrete ordinates method with diamond differencing. We focus on the mono-energetic 1D…

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In this paper, we propose and analyze a new stochastic homogenization method for diffusion equations with random and fast oscillatory coefficients. In the proposed method, the homogenized solutions are sought through a two-stage procedure.…

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Addressing the problem of photon multiple scattering interference caused by turbid media in optical measurements, biomedical imaging, environmental monitoring and other fields, existing Monte Carlo light scattering simulations widely adopt…

The path integral formulation of quantum mechanical problems including fermions is often affected by a severe numerical sign problem. We show how such a sign problem can be alleviated by a judiciously chosen constant imaginary offset to the…

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We present a comprehensive study of the resolution and stability properties of sparse promoting optimization theories applied to narrow band array imaging of localized scatterers. We consider homogeneous and heterogeneous media, and…

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This work presents stochastic optimization methods targeted at least-squares problems involving Monte Carlo integration. While the most common approach to solving these problems is to apply stochastic gradient descent (SGD) or similar…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-27 Gustavo T. Pfeiffer , Yoichi Sato

The Picard-Lefschetz theory has been attracting much attention as a tool to evaluate a multi-variable integral with a complex weight, which appears in various important problems in theoretical physics. The idea is to deform the integration…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-06-10 Genki Fujisawa , Jun Nishimura , Katsuta Sakai , Atis Yosprakob

A fast and simple Monte Carlo program is presented that simulates single Bremsstrahlung in Bhabha scattering, e+e- --> e+e-gamma, without constraints on scattering angles. This allows the study of this process at arbitrarily small, or even…

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