Parallel computing for lattice Monte Carlo simulation of large-scale thin film growth

Science in China, Series F: Information Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-110

  Shu, Jiwu ^a   Zheng, Weimin ^a   Lu, Qin ^b   Huang, Hanchen ^b   Wong, Waion ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Monte Carlo method; Parallel computing; Thin film growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249137281     PISSN: 10092757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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