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== Other applications of cluster algorithms == | == Other applications of cluster algorithms == | ||
The cluster algorithms described so far are rejection-free methods, | The cluster algorithms described so far are rejection-free methods, this means that every | ||
new configuration generated | new configuration generated in the sampling is accepted. | ||
When the complexity of models increases, it becomes difficult to develop efficient | |||
rejection-free algorithms. Nevertheless, in some cases it is still sometimes possible to build up quite efficient cluster algorithms. | rejection-free algorithms. Nevertheless, in some cases it is still sometimes possible to build up quite efficient cluster algorithms. | ||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
*Collective translations in the simulation of [[Micelles|micelles]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/j100189a030 David Wu, David Chandler and Berend Smit, "Electrostatic analogy for surfactant assemblies", | *Collective translations in the simulation of [[Micelles|micelles]] <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/j100189a030 David Wu, David Chandler and Berend Smit, "Electrostatic analogy for surfactant assemblies", J. Phys. Chem., '''96''' pp 4077–4083 (1992)]</ref> | ||
*Collective (cluster) translation/rotations in the simulation of the [[restricted primitive model|primitive model]] of electrolytes.<ref> | *Collective (cluster) translation/rotations in the simulation of the [[restricted primitive model|primitive model]] of electrolytes.<ref> | ||
[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.467770 Gerassimos Orkoulas and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, "Free energy and phase equilibria for the restricted primitive model of ionic fluids from Monte Carlo simulations", | [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.467770 Gerassimos Orkoulas and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, "Free energy and phase equilibria for the restricted primitive model of ionic fluids from Monte Carlo simulations", J. Chem. Phys. '''101''', 1452 (1994) ]</ref> | ||
*[[Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] simulation of atomistic systems with multiparticle moves.<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2759924 N. G. Almarza and E. Lomba "Cluster algorithm to perform parallel Monte Carlo simulation of atomistic systems", Journal of Chemical Physics '''127''' 084116 (2007)]</ref>. | *[[Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] simulation of atomistic systems with multiparticle moves.<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2759924 N. G. Almarza and E. Lomba "Cluster algorithm to perform parallel Monte Carlo simulation of atomistic systems", Journal of Chemical Physics '''127''' 084116 (2007)]</ref>. | ||
*[[Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] | *[[Monte Carlo|Monte Carlo]] Simulation of hard core models in the [[isothermal-isobaric ensemble|isothermal isobaric ensemble]].<ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3133328 N. G. Almarza, "A cluster algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation at constant pressure", J. Chem. Phys. '''130''', 184106 (2009) ]</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == |