Stochastic Description of Agglomeration and Growth Processes in Glasses

We show how growth by agglomeration can be described by means of algebraic or differential equations which determine the evolution of probabilities of various local configurations. The minimal fluctuation condition is used to define vitrification. Our methods have been successfully used for the description of glass formation.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX 2e, uses ws-ijmpb.cls ; submitted to International Journal of Modern Physics