Fast recall of state-history in kinetic Monte Carlo simulations utilizing the Zobrist key

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-48

  Mason, D R ^a   Hudson, T S ^a   Sutton, A P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hash function; Kinetic monte carlo; On the fly kmc; Residence time; Vacancies; Vacancy diffusion

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; METAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

HASH FUNCTION; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; ON-THE-FLY KMC; RESIDENCE TIME; VACANCIES; VACANCY DIFFUSION;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 10444265231     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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