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Title: A generic, hierarchical framework for massively parallel Wang Landau sampling

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  2. ORNL
  3. Swiss Federal Research Institute, Switzerland

We introduce a parallel Wang Landau method based on the replica-exchange framework for Monte Carlo simulations. To demonstrate its advantages and general applicability for simulations of com- plex systems, we apply it to the self-assembly process in amphiphilic solutions and to lattice protein adsorption. Without loss of accuracy, the method gives significant speed-up on small architectures like multi-core processors, and should be beneficial for petaflop machines.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1092241
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 110, Issue 21; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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