Annual Reviews Of Computational Physics Iv

Quantum phenomena and methods are the core of this volume in our series which publishes rapidly reviews of topics in computational physics. In addition, we look at phase transitions in Ising lattices, in continuum fluids, polymer solutions, and end with biological ageing. As before, papers were submitted by e-mail, and these files were used directly to produce the book, for increased speed and reliability.

In this fifth volume of the authoritative series, the simulation of forest fires, flames, and hydrodynamics is presented in the first three articles. The next two deal with quantum simulations, in particular for two dimensions (quantum Hall effect and monolayers). Biology is connected with the last two articles: we learn from biological evolution to complement computer hardware and software with evolware, or we simulate immunology.

This series of books covers all areas of computational physics, collecting together reviews where a newcomer can learn about the state of the art regarding methods and results. Articles are submitted by e-mail before deadlines which are kept by the editor. Biologically motivated simulations, glasses, world-record molecular dynamics, deposition on surfaces, and hydrodynamics are discussed in this volume which ends with an explanation of elementary particle physics (QCD) and their phase transitions. Contents:Preface (D Stauffer)Computer Simulations of Supercooled Liquids and Structural Glasses (W Kob)Evolution Motivated Computer Models (N Vandewalle & M Ausloos)A Survey of Genetic Algorithms (M Tomassini)Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics (D M Beazley et al.)Dynamics of Nonequilibrium Deposition with Diffusional Relaxation (V Privman)Recent Advances in Lattice Boltzmann Computing (Y H Qian et al.)Condensed Matter Physics at One Tera-Kelvin (J Potvin) Readership: Computational physicists, condensed matter physicists, high energy physicists and theoretical biologists. keywords:Glasses;Evolution;Molecular Dynamics;Lattice Boltzmann Equation “This book contains 7 reviews on Computational Physics and Computer Science. Though each review hardly relates to others, all the reviews are very well written and carefully designed to draw interest of all researchers of related study.” Bulletin of Japan Physical Society

Quantum phenomena and methods are the core of this volume in our series which publishes rapidly reviews of topics in computational physics. In addition, we look at phase transitions in Ising lattices, in continuum fluids, polymer solutions, and end with biological ageing. As before, papers were submitted by e-mail, and these files were used directly to produce the book, for increased speed and reliability. Contents:Preface (D Stauffer)Simulations of Magnetic Fluids (M J P Nijmeijer & J J Weis)Critical Phenomena in Simple and Complex Fluids (N B Wilding)Quantum Monte Carlo on a Lattice: The World Line Algorithm (G G Batrouni)Computer Simulation of Quantum Phenomena in Nanoscale Devices (H De Raedt)Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics (L Colombo)Adsorption–Desorption Processes and Related Quantum Spin Models (M D Grynberg)Series Expansions versus Simulations (J Adler)High Speed Algorithms and Simulations of the Critical Dynamics of the Ising Model (H-O Heuer)Larson models of Amphiphiles in Complex Fluids (T B Liverpool)Monte Carlo Simulations of Biological Ageing (A T Bernardes) Readership: Scientists and researchers in computational physics and condensed matter physics. keywords:Quantum Phenomena;Biological Aging;Amphiphiles;Series Expansions

The seventh volume of this invaluable series focuses an applications — from Ising models to the formation of small clusters and phase ordering in fluids, to the structure of concrete, to the growth of cities built from it, to the traffic jams and the biology of life in the cities, and to the marketing of products to consumers. Thus the interdisciplinary research potential of computational physics is particularly well documented. Contents:The Simulation of the Ising Model on the Creutz Cellular Automaton (N Aktekin)Lennard–Jones Clusters and the Multiple-Minima Problem (L T Wille)Phase Ordering in Fluids (J M Yeomans)Computer Simulation and Percolation Theory Applied to Concrete (E J Garboczi & D P Bentz)Computer Simulations in Urban Geography (L Benguigui)Large-Scale Traffic Simulations for Transportation Planning (K Nagel et al.)Biological Evolution Through Mutation, Selection, and Drift: An Introductory Review (E Baake & W Gabriel)An Evolutionary Model for Simple Ecosystems (F Bagnoli & M Bezzi)Microscopic Simulation of Reaction–Diffusion Processes and Applications Population Biology and Product Marketing (E Bettelheim & B Lehmann) Readership: Researchers and scientists in computational physics. Keywords:Creutz Algorithm;Car Traffic;Evolution;Urban Geography;Concrete

In this fifth volume of the authoritative series, the simulation of forest fires, flames, and hydrodynamics is presented in the first three articles. The next two deal with quantum simulations, in particular for two dimensions (quantum Hall effect and monolayers). Biology is connected with the last two articles: we learn from biological evolution to complement computer hardware and software with evolware, or we simulate immunology. Contents:Fire Spread in Natural Fuel: Computational Aspects (J A M S Duarte)Direct Numerical Simulation — A Tool to Study Turbulent Reacting Flows (M Baum)Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (J Moscinski et al.)Quantum Simulations in Materials Science: Molecular Monolayers and Crystals (P Nielaba)Criticality in the Integer Quantum Hall Effect (A Hansen et al.)Evolving Uniform and Non-Uniform Cellular Automata Networks (M Sipper)Modeling and Immune System: Architecture and Dynamics of Idiotypic Networks (K Lippert & U Behn) Readership: Students, researchers and scientists in computational physics, condensed matter physics, theoretical biology and engineering. keywords:Forest Fires;Fluid Dynamics;Immunology;Quantum Hall Effect

This volume is based on an international school on ?Scaling and Disordered Systems? organized by M R H Khajehpour, M R Kolahchi and M Sahimi. Despite the common theme, it covers fields as diverse as basic and applied percolation, and biological prey-predator and ageing simulations. The advantages of computer simulation thus become particularly clear in the reviews, which have been written by leading experts.

The sixth volume of the series covers topics ranging from the generation of good random numbers to statistical physics, quantum mechanics, quantum computers and polymers, to protein folding and immunology simulations. It should thus be of interest not only to computational physicists but also to experts in computer science as well as theoretical biology. Contents:Numerical Solutions for a Multiparticle, Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equation (A M Mazzone)Weak Chaos: Power-Law Sensitivity to Initial Conditions and Nonextensive Thermostatistics (M L Lyra)Monte Carlo Simulations of Interfaces in Polymer Blends (M Müller & F Schmid)The Generalized-Ensemble Approach for Protein Folding Simulations (U H E Hansmann & Y Okamoto)Immune Responses: Getting Close to Experimental Results with Cellular Automata Models (R M Zorzenon dos Santos)New Trends in Pseudo-Random Number Generation (F Gutbrod)Quantum Computation (D Aharonov) Readership: Physicists, biologists and computer scientists. Keywords:Quantum Computation;Polymer Interfaces;Protein Folding;Chaos