van de Walle, A. and Asta, M. (2002) Self-driven lattice-model Monte Carlo simulations of alloy thermodynamic properties and phase diagrams. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 10 (5). pp. 521-538. ISSN 0965-0393. doi:10.1088/0965-0393/10/5/304. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:WALmsmse02
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Abstract
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of lattice models are a widely used way to compute thermodynamic properties of substitutional alloys. A limitation to their more widespread use is the difficulty of driving a MC simulation in order to obtain the desired quantities. To address this problem, we have devised a variety of high-level algorithms that serve as an interface between the user and a traditional MC code. The user specifies the goals sought in a high-level form that our algorithms convert into elementary tasks to be performed by a standard MC code. For instance, our algorithms permit the determination of the free energy of an alloy phase over its entire region of stability within a specified accuracy, without requiring any user intervention during the calculations. Our algorithms also enable the direct determination of composition-temperature phase boundaries without requiring the calculation of the whole free energy surface of the alloy system.
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Additional Information: | Copyright © Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing Limited 2002. Received 10 June 2002. Published 25 July 2002. Print publication: Issue 5 (September 2002) This work was supported by the NSF under program DMR-0080766. | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1088/0965-0393/10/5/304 | ||||||
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