Synchronization processes in populations of locally interacting elements are the focus of
intense research in physical, biological, chemical, technological and social systems. The …

Roughly at the time (1987) when the manuscript for the first three chapters of the present
book was completed, several breakthroughs occurred. They had a profound influence on the …

The importance of heterogeneous catalysis in modern life is evidenced by the fact that
numerous products and technologies routinely used nowadays involve catalysts in their …

We study the two-dimensional kinetic Ising model below its equilibrium critical temperature,
subject to a square-wave oscillating external field. We focus on the multidroplet regime …

We study finite-size scaling of the roughness of signals in systems displaying Gaussian 1/f
power spectra. It is found that one of the extreme value distributions, the Fisher-Tippett …

In a parallel discrete-event simulation (PDES) scheme, tasks are distributed among
processing elements (PEs) whose progress is controlled by a synchronization scheme. For …

Since 1953, researchers have applied the Monte Carlo method to a wide range of areas.
Specialized algorithms have also been developed to extend the method's applicability and …

It has been well established that spatially extended, bistable systems that are driven by an
oscillating field exhibit a nonequilibrium dynamic phase transition (DPT). The DPT occurs …

Simulations of restricted solid-on-solid growth models are used to build the width
distributions of d= 2–5 dimensional Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) interfaces. We find that the …

Advanced algorithms are necessary to obtain faster-than-real-time dynamic simulations in a
number of different physical problems that are characterized by widely disparate time scales …