Das gegenwärtig einzige Buch, das aktuellste Entwicklungen und Anwendungsgebiete der Monte-Carlo-Methoden in der Chemie zusammenfassend diskutiert! Darüber hinaus wurden Simulationen aus den Bereichen Quantenchemie, Materialwissenschaften, Biophysikalische Chemie und Chemische Dynamik mit aufgenommen. Die Themen behandeln ein breites Spektrum: angefangen bei Molekülen verschiedenster Größe und Durchsuchen von Konformationsräumen bis hin zur Modellierung chemischer Reaktionen. (8/98)

DAVID M. FERGUSON, PhD, is Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the graduate faculties in chemical physics and scientific computation. His research specialty is computer simulation of biophysical problems. J. ILJA SIEPMANN, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Chemistry and a member of the graduate faculties in chemical physics and chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Minnesota. His research specialties are computer simulation of complex fluids, statistical mechanics, and prediction of phase equilibria. DONALD G. TRUHLAR, PhD, is I.T. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, where he is also Director of the University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute. He is a member of the graduate faculties in chemical physics and scientific computation. His research specialty is theoretical chemical dynamics.