| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 211, 2019
WONDER-2018 – 5th International Workshop On Nuclear Data Evaluation for Reactor applications
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| Article Number | 07007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Uncertainties And Covariance Matrices (Methodology and Impact on Reactor Calculations) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921107007 | |
| Published online | 05 June 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921107007
Monte Carlo integral adjustment of nuclear data libraries – experimental covariances and inconsistent data
Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
* Corresponding author: henrik.sjostrand@physics.uu.se
Published online: 5 June 2019
Integral experiments can be used to adjust nuclear data libraries. Here a Bayesian Monte Carlo method based on assigning weights to the different random files is used. If the experiments are inconsistent within them-self or with the nuclear data it is shown that the adjustment procedure can lead to undesirable results. Therefore, a technique to treat inconsistent data is presented. The technique is based on the optimization of the marginal likelihood which is approximated by a sample of model calculations. The sources to the inconsistencies are discussed and the importance to consider correlation between the different experiments is emphasized. It is found that the technique can address inconsistencies in a desirable way.
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