Random Ray Linear Source Gradient Limiter - #4121

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Commits on Sep 3, 2026

Limit linear source gradients to keep the modeled source non-negative

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State the limiter bound's scope precisely

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State the corner excess as a factor, not a distance

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Describe the stability test by this PR's feature

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Commits on Sep 5, 2026

Make the source gradient limiter a user setting that is off by default

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State the deep-penetration tradeoff without overclaiming

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Drop the box-corner factor and qualify the limiter bound honestly

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Document source_shape and source_gradient_limiter in the settings XML reference

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Commits on Sep 9, 2026

Merge branch 'develop' into ls_gradient_limiter
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Move the gradient warmup constant to the random ray header

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Simplify the limiter's negative-source handling

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Relate the limiter bound to MPACT's limited linear source approximation

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State the limiter's shape assumption plainly

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Leave the gradient warmup count as develop has it

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Describe the limiter's bound as the slab extent it is

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Bound the limited source over the region's sampled bounding box

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Store the sampled bounding box only when it grows

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Describe the bounding-box bound in the limiter documentation

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Name the box offsets correctly in the limiter comment

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Bound the minimum of the linear term, not its maximum

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Document the limiter bound as the box minimum

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Reset the sampled boxes with the centroids and report the limiter

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State the limiter bound's tightness and containment precisely

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Commits on Sep 10, 2026

Merge branch 'develop' into ls_gradient_limiter

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