<s>
The	O
quantum	B-Algorithm
jump	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Monte	B-Algorithm
Carlo	I-Algorithm
wave	O
function	O
(	O
MCWF	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
technique	O
in	O
computational	B-Algorithm
physics	I-Algorithm
used	O
for	O
simulating	O
open	O
quantum	O
systems	O
and	O
quantum	O
dissipation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quantum	B-Algorithm
jump	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Dalibard	O
,	O
Castin	O
and	O
Mølmer	O
at	O
a	O
similar	O
time	O
to	O
the	O
similar	O
method	O
known	O
as	O
Quantum	B-Algorithm
Trajectory	I-Algorithm
Theory	I-Algorithm
developed	O
by	O
Carmichael	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
contemporaneous	O
works	O
on	O
wave-function-based	O
Monte	B-Algorithm
Carlo	I-Algorithm
approaches	O
to	O
open	O
quantum	O
systems	O
include	O
those	O
of	O
Dum	O
,	O
Zoller	O
and	O
Ritsch	O
and	O
Hegerfeldt	O
and	O
Wilser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quantum	B-Algorithm
jump	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
approach	O
which	O
is	O
much	O
like	O
the	O
master-equation	O
treatment	O
except	O
that	O
it	O
operates	O
on	O
the	O
wave	O
function	O
rather	O
than	O
using	O
a	O
density	O
matrix	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
for	O
certain	O
problems	O
the	O
quantum	B-Algorithm
jump	I-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
offers	O
a	O
performance	O
advantage	O
over	O
direct	O
master-equation	O
approaches	O
.	O
</s>
