Monte Carlo reptation moves: Difference between revisions

From SklogWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
m (Added an image.)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Stub-general}}
{{Stub-general}}
'''Reptation moves''' are also known as the "slithering snake" model.
'''Reptation moves''' are also known as the "slithering snake" model. One [[Random numbers | randomly]] chooses one of the two ends to become, on this occasion, the head of the snake. One then removes a piece of its tail, and after another random selection between freely available sites, one tacks on a new section to become the head of the snake. For example:
 
<br>:[[Image:Reptation.png|500px]]<br>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Configurational bias Monte Carlo]]
*[[Configurational bias Monte Carlo]]

Revision as of 16:20, 17 May 2010

This article is a 'stub' page, it has no, or next to no, content. It is here at the moment to help form part of the structure of SklogWiki. If you add sufficient material to this article then please remove the {{Stub-general}} template from this page.

Reptation moves are also known as the "slithering snake" model. One randomly chooses one of the two ends to become, on this occasion, the head of the snake. One then removes a piece of its tail, and after another random selection between freely available sites, one tacks on a new section to become the head of the snake. For example:


:

See also

References

  1. Frederick T. Wall and Frederic Mandel "Macromolecular dimensions obtained by an efficient Monte Carlo method without sample attrition", Journal of Chemical Physics 63 pp. 4592-4595 (1975)