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A recently-developed efficient, semi-rigorous synchronous algorithm for parallel kinetic Monte Carlo simulations is presented. The accuracy and parallel efficiency are studied as a function of processor size, number of processors, and the ratio D/F of monomer hopping rate (D) to deposition rate (F) for a variety of simple models of epitaxial growth. Since only local communication is required, the algorithm scales, i.e. for a large number of processors the parallel efficiency is independent of the number of processors.
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Shim, Y., Amar, J.G. (2007). Synchronous Sublattice Algorithm for Parallel Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations. In: Landau, D.P., Lewis, S.P., Schüttler, HB. (eds) Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XVIII. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32640-3_19
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