Question

a) Is the Monte Carlo require force calculation to do the calculations?

b) In the conventional Monte Carlo calculations, is it required to compute forces?

c) What is the differences between Monte Carlo simulation and molecular dynamics simulation?

d) Is the values differences of mechanical and non-mechanical properties by using Monte Carlo or Molecular dynamics?

Answer 1

a) No, the Monte Carlo calculations are used for broad algorithms, and it does not required to calculate each forces, what is requires is general force computational, or the force function.

b) Yes, in the conventional Monte Carlo calculations, the computation of forces is required to run the monte Carlo algorithm/calculations.

c) Monte Carlo simulations are the numerical results of the randomness, while the molecular dynamics posses direct result of calculations with given parameters.

d) If the iteration or system has less variable than only value can be different, but if the system is complex and have large variable than both calculation results similar, and only difference is Monte Carlo computes much faster than molecular dynamics methods.

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