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<div>The two predominant '''computer simulation techniques''' used in the study of soft condensed matter are: <br />
*[[Molecular dynamics]]<br />
and<br />
*[[Monte Carlo]]<br />
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*[[Materials modelling and computer simulation codes]]<br />
==Material common to both techniques==<br />
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*[[Coarse graining]]<br />
*[[Computation of phase equilibria]]<br />
*[[Configuration analysis]]<br />
*[[Constrained cell method]]<br />
*[[Dissipative particle dynamics]]<br />
*[[Electrostatics]]<br />
*[[Ergodic hypothesis]]<br />
*[[Expanded ensemble method]]<br />
*[[Finite size scaling]]<br />
*[[Force fields]]<br />
*[[Gibbs-Duhem integration]]<br />
*[[Hybrid Monte Carlo]]<br />
*[[Iterative Boltzmann inversion]]<br />
*[[Models]]<br />
*[[Multicanonical ensemble]]<br />
*[[Neighbour lists]]<br />
*[[Path integral formulation#Computer simulation techniques | Path integrals]]<br />
*[[Periodic boundary conditions]]<br />
*[[Self-referential method]]<br />
*[[Smooth Particle methods]]<br />
*[[Statistical-temperature simulation algorithm]]<br />
*[[Tempering methods]]<br />
*[[Test area method]]<br />
*[[Test volume method]]<br />
*[[Thermostats]]<br />
*[[Wandering interface method]]<br />
*[[Widom test-particle method]]<br />
}}<br />
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==Interesting reading==<br />
* W. W. Wood "Early history of computer simulations in statistical mechanics" in "Molecular-dynamics simulation of statistical-mechanical systems" (Eds. Giovanni Ciccotti and William G. Hoover) pp. 3-14 Società Italiana di Fisica (1986)<br />
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a24.pdf Daan Frenkel and Jean-Pierre Hansen "Understanding liquids: a computer game?", Physics World '''9''' pp. 35–42 (April 1996)]<br />
*[http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2086 Wm. G. Hoover "50 Years of Computer Simulation -- A Personal View", arXiv:0812.2086v2 (2008)]<br />
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.476021 Wilfred F. van Gunsteren, and Alan E. Mark "Validation of molecular dynamics simulation", Journal of Chemical Physics '''108''' pp. 6109-6116 (1998)]<br />
*Richard P. Feynman "Simulating Physics With Computers", International Journal of Theoretical Physics '''21''' pp. 467-488 (1982)<br />
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