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A generalization of short-period Tausworthe generators and its application to Markov chain quasi-Monte Carlo
A one-dimensional sequence is said to be
completely uniformly distributed (CUD) if overlapping -blocks , , are uniformly distributed
for every dimension . This concept naturally arises in Markov chain
quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC). However, the definition of CUD sequences is not
constructive, and thus there remains the problem of how to implement the Markov
chain QMC algorithm in practice. Harase (2021) focused on the -value, which
is a measure of uniformity widely used in the study of QMC, and implemented
short-period Tausworthe generators (i.e., linear feedback shift register
generators) over the two-element field that approximate CUD
sequences by running for the entire period. In this paper, we generalize a
search algorithm over to that over arbitrary finite fields
with elements and conduct a search for Tausworthe generators
over with -values zero (i.e., optimal) for dimension
and small for , especially in the case where , and . We
provide a parameter table of Tausworthe generators over , and
report a comparison between our new generators over and existing
generators over in numerical examples using Markov chain QMC
Simulation and theory of abnormal grain growth--anisotropic grain boundary energies and mobilities
Abnormal grain growth has been studied by means of a computer-based Monte Carlo model. This model has previously been shown to reproduce many of the essential features of normal grain growth. The simulations presented in this work are based on a modified model in which two distinct types of grains are present. These two grain types might correspond to two components of different crystallographic orientation, for example. This results in three classes of grain boundaries: 1. (a) between unlike types,2. (b)between grains of the first type and3. (c) between grains of the second type, to which different grain boundary energies or different mobilities can be assigned. Most simulations started with a single grain of the first type embedded in a matrix of grains of the second type. Anisotropie grain boundary energies were modeled by assigning a higher energy to boundaries between like type than to boundaries between grains of unlike type. For this case, abnormal grain growth only occurred for an energy ratio greater than 2 and then wetting of the matrix by the abnormal grain occurred. Anisotropie grain boundary mobilities were modeled by assigning a lower mobility to boundaries between grains of like type than to boundaries between unlike type. For this case the extent of abnormal grain growth varied with the ratio of mobilities and it is tentatively concluded that there is a limiting ratio of size of the abnormal grain relative to the matrix. A simple treatment of anisotropic grain boundary mobility was developed by modifying Hillert's grain growth model [Acta metall. 13, 227 (1965)]. This theoretical treatment also produced a limiting ratio of relative size that is a simple function of the mobility ratio.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28006/1/0000442.pd
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