In this paper we present a classical Monte Carlo simulation of the orthorhombic phase of crystalline polyethylene, using an explicit atom force field with unconstrained bond lengths and angles and periodic boundary conditions. We used a recently developed algorithm which apart from standard Metropolis local moves employs also global moves consisting of displacements of the center of mass of the...

Background: The purpose of this project was to derive the brachytherapy dosimetric functions described by American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) TG-43 U1 based on high dose rate 192I sources. Materials and Methods: The method utilized included both simulation of the designed Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) phantom using the Monte Carlo of MCNP4C and benchmarking of the simulation ...

background: iodine brachytherapy sources with low photon energies have been widely used in treating cancerous tumors. dosimetric parameters of brachytherapy sources should be determined according to aapm tg-43u1 recommendations before clinical use. monte carlo codes are reliable tools in calculation of these parameters for brachytherapy sources. materials and methods: dosimetric parameters (dos...

In this paper, the pricing of a European call option on the underlying asset is performed by using a Monte Carlo method, one of the powerful simulation methods, where the price development of the asset is simulated and value of the claim is computed in terms of an expected value. The proposed approach, applied in Monte Carlo simulation, is based on the Black-Scholes equation which generally def...

background: monte carlo and experimental relative dose determination in a water phantom, due to a high dose rate (hdr) 192ir source is presented for real energy spectrum and monochromatic at 356 kev. materials and methods: the dose distribution has been calculated around the 192ir located in the center of 30 cm ×30 cm ×30 cm water phantom using mcnp4c code by monte carlo method. relative dose v...

The shielding for 14-MeV neutrons from a D-T generator at SLAC needs to be optimized in terms of shield thickness and cost. Shielding calculations were made using the MCNP4B Monte Carlo code and the ENDF/B-VI cross section set. A few materials were studied: iron, borated polyethylene, three types of normal and heavy concrete, and mixtures of iron and borated polyethylene. The effects of shieldi...

Four 16 cm diameter spherical phantoms were modeled in this study: a homogenous water phantom, and three water phantoms with 1 cm thick shell each made of different materials (PMMA, Plastic WaterTM and polystyrene). The PENELOPE Monte Carlo code was utilized to simulate photon beams from the Leksell Gamma Knife (LGK) unit and to determine absorbed dose to water (Dw) from a single 18 mm beam del...

background: the purpose of this project was to derive the brachytherapy dosimetric functions described by american association of physicists in medicine (aapm) tg-43 u1 based on high dose rate 192i sources. materials and methods: the method utilized included both simulation of the designed polymethyl methacrylate (pmma) phantom using the monte carlo of mcnp4c and benchmarking of the simulation ...

one of known methods for measuring, forecasting and managing risk is value at risk, which recently has been used by financial institutions extensively. value at risk (var) is a method for recognizing and evaluating risk and uses standard statistical techniques that have daily using in other contexts. this research is seeking a career for managing investment risk in stock exchange and selection ...