Scott, J.
, Myklebust, R.
and Newbury, D.
(1999),
Parallel Monte Carlo Simulation Using Desktop Computers, Microscopy and Microanalysis
(Accessed May 9, 2025)
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Parallel Monte Carlo Simulation Using Desktop Computers
Published
Author(s)
J H. Scott, ,
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulation of electron scattering in solids has proven valuable to electron microscopists for many years. The electron trajectories, x-ray generation volumes, and scattered electron signals produced by these simulations are used in quantitative x-ray microanalysis, image interpretation, experimental design, and hypothesis testing. Unfortunately, these simulations are often computationally expensive, especially when used to simulate an image or survey a multidimensional region of parameter space.Here we present techniques for performing Monte Carlo simulations in parallel on a cluster of existing desktop computers.Citation
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Volume
5
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
message passing, Monte Carlo simulation, parallel computing, worker/manager model
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Created July 31, 1999, Updated October 12, 2021