Simulations: the dark side
Statistical Mechanics
2012-11-20 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Computational Physics
Abstract
This paper discusses the Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics methods. Both methods are, in principle, simple. However, simple does not mean risk-free. In the literature, many of the pitfalls in the field are mentioned, but usually as a footnote - and these footnotes are scattered over many papers. The present paper focuses on the `dark side' of simulation: it is one big footnote. I should stress that `dark', in this context, has no negative moral implication. It just means: under-exposed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1211.4440,
title = {Simulations: the dark side},
author = {Daan Frenkel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.4440},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Submitted to: proceedings of International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" Course CLXXXIV - "Physics of Complex Colloids"