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FCCM
2009
IEEE
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15 years 4 months ago
FPGA-based Monte Carlo Computation of Light Absorption for Photodynamic Cancer Therapy
—Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a method of treating cancer that combines light and light-sensitive drugs to selectively destroy cancerous tumours without harming the healthy tiss...
Jason Luu, Keith Redmond, William Lo, Paul Chow, L...
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WSC
2007
14 years 12 months ago
Monte Carlo methods for valuation of ratchet Equity Indexed Annuities
Equity Indexed Annuities (EIAs) are popular insurance contracts. EIAs provide the insured with a guaranteed accumulation rate on their premium at maturity. In addition, the insure...
Ming-hua Hsieh, Yu-fen Chiu
ACG
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Adding Expert Knowledge and Exploration in Monte-Carlo Tree Search
Abstract. We present a new exploration term, more efficient than classical UCT-like exploration terms. It combines efficiently expert rules, patterns extracted from datasets, All-M...
Guillaume Chaslot, Christophe Fiter, Jean-Baptiste...
ICCAD
1992
IEEE
148views Hardware» more  ICCAD 1992»
15 years 1 months ago
McPOWER: a Monte Carlo approach to power estimation
Excessive power dissipation in integrated circuits causes overheating and can lead to soft errors and or permanent damage. The severity of the problem increases in proportion to t...
Richard Burch, Farid N. Najm, Ping Yang, Timothy N...
WSC
2008
14 years 12 months ago
An application of parallel Monte Carlo modeling for real-time disease surveillance
The global health, threatened by emerging infectious diseases, pandemic influenza, and biological warfare, is becoming increasingly dependent on the rapid acquisition, processing,...
David W. Bauer, Mojdeh Mohtashemi