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PUBLICATIONS

Parallel Monte Carlo Simulation Using Desktop Computers

Published

Author(s)

J H. Scott, Robert L. Myklebust, Dale Newbury

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

Citation

Scott, J. , Myklebust, R. and Newbury, D. (1999), Parallel Monte Carlo Simulation Using Desktop Computers, Microscopy and Microanalysis (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created July 31, 1999, Updated October 12, 2021
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