COMMENTS REGARDING MONTE-CARLO SIMULATION OF CLASSICAL FLUIDS ON GENERAL-PURPOSE SUPERCOMPUTERS

被引:3
作者
GUPTA, S
机构
[1] Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge,, LA, USA, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
关键词
COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DIGITAL - Parallel Processing - MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS - Monte Carlo Methods;
D O I
10.1016/0010-4655(88)90184-1
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
Comments are made in connection with a recent paper by R. Vogelsang and C. Hoheisel. A theoretical analysis of the computing requirements shows the usefulness of neighbor list or the cell list method in saving computing time for Monte Carlo simulations. This is demonstrated by sample runs on an IBM-3090 computer with vector facility. The possibility of displacing many particles simultaneously in Monte Carlo simulations is also discussed and this can be useful in parallel processing.
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页码:293 / 295
页数:3
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