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'''Monte Carlo''' is a stochastic [[Computer simulation techniques | computer simulation technique]] frequently used in the study of | |||
soft matter. | |||
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*[[Basin-hopping Monte Carlo]] | *[[Basin-hopping Monte Carlo]] | ||
*[[Cluster algorithms]] | *[[Cluster algorithms]] | ||
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*[[Umbrella sampling]] | *[[Umbrella sampling]] | ||
*[[Wang-Landau method]] | *[[Wang-Landau method]] | ||
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==Historical papers== | ==Historical papers== | ||
*[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-1459%28194909%2944%3A247%3C335%3ATMCM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 Nicholas Metropolis and S. Ulam "The Monte Carlo Method", Journal of the American Statistical Association '''44''' pp. 335-341 (1949)] | *[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-1459%28194909%2944%3A247%3C335%3ATMCM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 Nicholas Metropolis and S. Ulam "The Monte Carlo Method", Journal of the American Statistical Association '''44''' pp. 335-341 (1949)] | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 3 September 2009
Monte Carlo is a stochastic computer simulation technique frequently used in the study of soft matter.
- Basin-hopping Monte Carlo
- Cluster algorithms
- Configurational bias Monte Carlo
- Constant-pressure Monte Carlo
- Detailed balance
- Fragment regrowth Monte Carlo
- Gibbs-Duhem integration
- Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo
- Glauber transition probabilities also known as: Barkers method
- Histogram reweighting
- Importance sampling
- Inverse Monte Carlo
- Lattice simulations (Polymers)
- Markov chain
- Metropolis Monte Carlo
- Metropolis-Hastings Monte Carlo
- Grand-canonical Monte Carlo
- Monte Carlo in the microcanonical ensemble
- Monte Carlo reptation moves
- Overlapping distribution method
- Parrinello-Raman barostat
- Phase switch Monte Carlo
- Quantum Monte Carlo
- Random numbers
- Recoil growth
- Reverse Monte Carlo
- Simulated annealing
- Umbrella sampling
- Wang-Landau method