PARALLELIZATION OF A MONTE-CARLO ALGORITHM FOR THE SIMULATION OF POLYMER MELTS

Authors
WIDMANN AH SUTER UW
Citation
Ah. Widmann et Uw. Suter, PARALLELIZATION OF A MONTE-CARLO ALGORITHM FOR THE SIMULATION OF POLYMER MELTS, Computer physics communications, 92(2-3), 1995, pp. 229-251
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Physycs, Mathematical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Computer physics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00104655
Volume
92
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
229 - 251
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-4655(1995)92:2-3<229:POAMAF>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The Continuum-configurational Bias Monte Carlo algorithm (CBMC) is a v ery efficient method for the simulation of polymer melts. This algorit hm is well-suited to parallelization on shared-memory multiprocessors. The main effort for parallelization is often spent in the decompositi on of the data structures and the design of the parallel program secti ons. We present some generally applicable methods to improve the optim ization process on shared-memory multiprocessors using global address space and on distributed-memory multicomputers using message passing.