Monte Carlo Diffusion Studies
In: Defect and Diffusion Forum v.358
In: Defect and Diffusion Forum Ser. v.Volume 358
The Monte Carlo method, largely the brainchild of Stanislaw Ulam and first implemented by John von Neumann , depends upon the use of digital computers and is therefore very much a product of post-WW2 technological developments; even though one could argue that the Buffon's Needle estimate was an ancestor of the technique. The probabilistic nature of the method makes it a good choice for modeling those physical phenomena which involve similarly random motions at the atomic scale; a particularly good example being that of mass diffusion. The present volume comprises a compilation of selected Mon