Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 52, Nos. 5/6, 1988. p. 1263-1283.
An algorithm based upon a Monte Carlo procedure for calculating the scattering and absorption by a host particle containing a distribution of particulate inclusions is described. The hosl~ particle is sufficiently large so that ray optics can be applied. The inclusions are too small for ray optics but sufficiently large so that the full boundary-value formalism must be used. A major consideration is to determine whether the internal structure is better resolved when slit-scan illumination is utilized rather than plane wave illumination. The algorithm is tested for a layered sphere for which the boundary value solution is available.