Simulation of phase transitions via spatial updating and tempering

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 535-543

  Noon, Daniel P ^a   Orkoulas, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; parallel processing; phase transitions; tempering

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL PARAMETER; CRITICAL REGION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELEMENTARY STEPS; FINITE SIZE SCALING; FOUR-ORDER; FREE ENERGY DENSITY; GRAND CANONICAL; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; LANDAU EXPANSION; LENNARD JONES FLUID; LIQUID TRANSITION; MACRO-STATE; MACROSTATES; MONTE CARLO; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARALLEL PROCESSING; PARTICLE TRANSFER; SIMULATED TEMPERING; SIMULATION EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL UPDATING; STANDARD ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHMS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TEMPERING;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 77955459681     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927021003671574     Document Type: Article

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