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We present a mathematical framework for constructing and analyzing parallel algorithms for lattice Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations. The resulting algorithms have the capacity to simulate a wide range of spatio-temporal scales in…

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Vacancy-mediated diffusion of an Al atom in pure Mg matrix is studied using the atomistic, on-lattice self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo (SLKMC) method. Activation barriers for vacancy-Mg and vacancy-Al atom exchange processes are calculated…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-03-29 Giridhar Nandipati , Niranjan Govind , Amity Andersen , Aashish Rohatgi

In this work, we develop an atomistic, graph-based kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulation routine to predict crystal morphology. Within this routine, we encode the state of the supercell in a binary occupation vector and the topology of the…

In plasma edge simulations, kinetic Monte Carlo (MC) is often used to simulate neutral particles and estimate source terms. For large-sized reactors, like ITER and DEMO, high particle collision rates lead to a substantial computational cost…

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$K$-NN classifier is one of the most famous classification algorithms, whose performance is crucially dependent on the distance metric. When we consider the distance metric as a parameter of $K$-NN, learning an appropriate distance metric…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Kun Song

A kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method is used to study the structural properties and dynamics of a supercooled binary Lennard-Jones liquid around the glass transition temperature. This technique permits us to explore the potential energy…

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This review article is intended as a practical guide for newcomers to the field of kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations, and specifically to lattice KMC simulations as prevalently used for surface and interface applications. We will…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-04-05 Mie Andersen , Chiara Panosetti , Karsten Reuter

Many large scale problems in computational fluid dynamics such as uncertainty quantification, Bayesian inversion, data assimilation and PDE constrained optimization are considered very challenging computationally as they require a large…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Kjetil O. Lye , Siddhartha Mishra , Deep Ray

The adaptability of the convolutional neural network (CNN) technique for aerodynamic meta-modeling tasks is probed in this work. The primary objective is to develop suitable CNN architecture for variable flow conditions and object geometry,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-01-18 Yao Zhang , Woong-Je Sung , Dimitri Mavris

A hybrid kMC/LLG algorithm is used to simulate experimental MH hysteresis loops for dual layer ECC media. The calculation of the rate coefficients and difficulties arising from low energy barriers, a fundamental problem of the kMC method,…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-14 Ahmad M. Almudallal , J. I. Mercer , J. P. Whitehead , M. L. Plumer , J. van Ek

A Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) model was created to simulate the insertion of transmutation He atoms into nanostructured ferritic alloys (NFAs) under neutron irradiation. Interstitial He atoms migrate through the NFA until becoming trapped in…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-15 Christopher Nellis , Celine Hin

Monte Carlo methods are state-of-the-art when it comes to dosimetric computations in radiotherapy. However, the execution time of these methods suffers in high-collisional regimes. We address this problem by introducing a kinetic-diffusion…

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Precipitates in Nickel-based superalloys form during heat treatment on a time scale inaccessible to direct molecular dynamics simulation, but could be studied using kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC). This requires reliable values for the barrier…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-12 Adam Fisher , Julie B. Staunton , Huan Wu , Peter Brommer

Adaptive Kinetic Monte Carlo combines the simplicity of Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) with a Molecular Dynamics (MD) based saddle point search algorithm in order to simulate metastable systems. Key to making Adaptive KMC effective is a stopping…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 D. Aristoff , S. Chill , G. Simpson

We develop a novel multilevel asymptotic-preserving Monte Carlo method, called Multilevel Kinetic-Diffusion Monte Carlo (ML-KDMC), for simulating the kinetic Boltzmann transport equation with a Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) collision…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-10-23 Bert Mortier , Pieterjan Robbe , Martine Baelmans , Giovanni Samaey

Particle-based kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of neutral particles is one of the major computational bottlenecks in tokamak scrape-off layer simulations. This computational cost comes from the need to resolve individual collision events in…

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In this comprehensive and detailed study, vacancy-mediated self-diffusion of A- and B-elements in 'triple-defect' B2-ordered ASB(1-S) binaries is simulated by means of a kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) algorithm involving atomic jumps to…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-16 Jan Betlej , Piotr Sowa , Rafal Kozubski , Graeme E. Murch , Irina V. Belova

In this paper we study from a numerical analysis perspective the Fractional Step Kinetic Monte Carlo (FS-KMC) algorithms proposed in [1] for the parallel simulation of spatially distributed particle systems on a lattice. FS-KMC are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-08-07 Giorgos Arampatzis , Markos A. Katsoulakis , Petr Plechac

While Model Predictive Control (MPC) enforces safety via constraints, its real-time execution can exceed embedded compute budgets. We propose a Barrier-integrated Adaptive Neural Model Predictive Control (BAN-MPC) framework that synergizes…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Kaikai Wang , Tianxun Li , Liang Xu , Qinglei Hu , Keyou You

Diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) is one of the most accurate techniques available for calculating the electronic properties of molecules and materials, yet it often remains a challenge to economically compute forces using this technique. As a…

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