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A wide selection of deterministic and stochastic methods have been developed to conduct nuclear reactor criticality calculations and to improve the efficiency of these methods, a branch of neutronics method research focuses on the acceleration of source convergence process which…

This thesis studies the so-called “criticality problem”, an important generalised eigenvalue problem arising in neutron transport theory. The smallest positive real eigenvalue of the problem contains valuable information about the status of the fission chain reaction in the nucl…

Distributed parameter systems (DPS) comprise an important class of engineering systems ranging from "traditional" such as tubular reactors, to cutting edge processes such as nano-scale coatings. DPS have been studied extensively and significant advances have been noted, enabling…