TY - GEN AU - Pareja GarcĂ­a, Salvador AU - Lallena Rojo, Antonio Miguel AU - Salvat, Francesc PY - 2021 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71773 AB - After a brief description of the essentials of Monte Carlo simulation methods and the definition of simulation efficiency, the rationale for variance-reduction techniques is presented. Popular variance-reduction techniques applicable to Monte Carlo... LA - eng PB - Frontiers Media KW - Monte Carlo simulation KW - Statistical uncertainties KW - Variance-reduction methods KW - Splitting and Russian roulette KW - Ant colony algorithms KW - Interaction forcing KW - Delta scattering TI - Variance-Reduction Methods for Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport DO - 10.3389/fphy.2021.718873 ER -