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Parallel Monte Carlo Simulation Using Desktop Computers
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Scott, John Henry J. Myklebust, Robert L. Newbury, Dale E. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | 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. The simulation of multiple, independent electron trajectories in a sample and the collateral calculation of detected xray and electron signals fall into a class of computational problems termed “embarrassingly parallel”, since no information needs to be exchanged between parallel threads of execution during the calculation. |
| Related Links | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/A046679B1D6500DC47650EC051C6CB72/S1551929500057485a.pdf/div-class-title-parallel-monte-carlo-simulation-using-desktop-computers-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 35 |
| Page Count | 2 |
| Starting Page | 34 |
| ISSN | 15519295 |
| e-ISSN | 21503583 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1551929500057485 |
| Journal | Microscopy Today |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 8 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2000-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Microscopy Today Simulation Using Monte Carlo Simulations |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
