We describe a number of strategies for minimizing and calculating accurately the statistical uncertainty in quantum Monte Carlo calculations. We investigate the impact of the sampling algorithm on the efficiency of the variational Monte Carlo method. We then propose a technique to maximize the efficiency of the linear extrapolation of diffusion Monte Carlo results to zero time step, finding tha...

Calculations are described of knock suppression using direct ethanol injection in spark ignition gasoline/ethanol engines. The calculations show that evaporative cooling from direct ethanol injection, coupled with the high octane rating of ethanol, can be highly effective in inhibiting knock, thereby allowing use of small turbocharged engines with substantially increased efficiency. The calcula...

in this paper, a new method is introduced for improving the efficiency of the residue number system, which uses both binary and residue representations in order to represent a number. a residue number system uses the remainder of the division in several different modules. conversion of a number to smaller ones and carrying out parallel calculations on these numbers greatly increase the speed of...

in this paper, the use of weighted pairwise likelihood instead of the full likelihood in estimating the parameters of the multivariate ar(1) is investigated. a closed formula for typical elements of the godambe information(sandwich information) is presented. some efficiency calculations are also given to discuss the feasibility andcomputational advantages of the weighted pairwise likelihood app...