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On Zero Variance Monte Carlo Path-Stretching Schemes

Iván Lux

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 84 / Number 4 / August 1983 / Pages 388-390

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A15460

A zero variance path-stretching biasing scheme proposed for a special case by Dwivedi is derived in full generality. The procedure turns out to be the generalization of the exponential transform. It is shown that the biased game can be interpreted as an analog simulation procedure, thus saving some computational effort in comparison with the corresponding nonanalog game.