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Sure. I'll give an example. In nuclear engineering we know the probabilities, as functions of energy, of each nuclear reaction a neutron and nucleus can have. W
by acidburnNSA 6y ago
Sure. I'll give an example. In nuclear engineering we know the probabilities, as functions of energy, of each nuclear reaction a neutron and nucleus can have. We measured these carefully in labs. They're fundamental. Now if you load up a Monte Carlo simulation of an entire nuclear reactor and use Monte Carlo to send neutrons through you can compute the average reaction rates all around the reactor with its complex structures just with those fundamentals.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoSo in this case it's complex because of the the number of particles in the system, but because you can model each one with known probabilities you can therefore simulate the full system?
- acidburnNSA 6y agoRight. Lots of particles, and lots of complex geometric interfaces with abrupt changes in material properties.