Cluster counting: The Hoshen-Kopelman algorithm vs. spanning tree approaches
Abstract
Two basic approaches to the cluster counting task in the percolation and related models are discussed. The Hoshen-Kopelman multiple labeling technique for cluster statistics is redescribed. Modifications for random and aperiodic lattices are sketched as well as some parallelised versions of the algorithm are mentioned. The graph-theoretical basis for the spanning tree approaches is given by describing the "breadth-first search" and "depth-first search" procedures. Examples are given for extracting the elastic and geometric "backbone" of a percolation cluster. An implementation of the "pebble game" algorithm using a depth-first search method is also described.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9711304,
title = {Cluster counting: The Hoshen-Kopelman algorithm vs. spanning tree approaches},
author = {F. Babalievski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9711304},
year = {2015}
}
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LaTeX, uses ijmpc1.sty(included), 18 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Intern. J. of Modern Physics C