Random number generators tested on quantum monte carlo simulations

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2186-2194

  Hongo, Kenta ^a   Maezono, R Y O ^a   Miura, Kenichi ^b  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational chemistry; Electronic structure; Quantum monte carlo; Random number generator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DIFFUSION MONTE CARLO; GROUND-STATE ENERGIES; LINEAR CONGRUENTIAL GENERATOR; MERSENNE TWISTERS; MULTIPLE RECURSIVE GENERATORS; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; RECURSIONS; STATISTICAL ERRORS; TOTAL ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMBER THEORY;

RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

EID: 77954304357     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: 1096987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcc.21509     Document Type: Article

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