近年来,计算机技术和互联网的快速发展,使得计算机模拟成为仿真实验、验证理论以及理解自然规律的一种有效研究手段。本文简要地总结了一种有效且成熟的计算机模拟方法 Monte Carlo(MC)方法的基本思想,以平衡体系和非平衡体系的两个代...近年来,计算机技术和互联网的快速发展,使得计算机模拟成为仿真实验、验证理论以及理解自然规律的一种有效研究手段。本文简要地总结了一种有效且成熟的计算机模拟方法 Monte Carlo(MC)方法的基本思想,以平衡体系和非平衡体系的两个代表模型:Potts模型和钙振荡模型为例,介绍了MC和kinetic MC(kMC)模拟的基本算法。此外,还介绍了上述两种MC方法的发展及应用,即粗粒化MC和粗粒化kMC模拟方法,并以常见的Fortran语言为例给出其计算机模拟程序。展开更多
Turing patterns are typical spatiotemporal ordered structures in various systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium.Turing’s reaction-diffusion theory,containing a long-range inhibiting agent and a local catal...Turing patterns are typical spatiotemporal ordered structures in various systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium.Turing’s reaction-diffusion theory,containing a long-range inhibiting agent and a local catalytic agent,has provided an explanation for the formation of some patterns in nature.Numerical,experimental and theoretical studies about Turing/Turing-like patterns have been generally focused on systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium.The local dynamics of these systems are commonly very complex,which brings great difficulties to understanding of formation of patterns.Here,we investigate a type of Turing-like patterns in a near-equilibrium thermodynamic system experimentally and theoretically,and put forward a new formation mechanism and a quantitative method for Turing/Turing-like patterns.Specifically,we observe a type of Turing-like patterns in starch solutions,and study the effect of concentration on the structure of patterns.The experimental results show that,with the increase of concentration,patterns change from spots to inverse spots,and labyrinthine stripe patterns appear in the region of intermediate concentration.We analyze and model the formation mechanism of these patterns observed in experiments,and the simulation results agree with the experimental results.Our conclusion indicates that the random aggregation of spatial components leads to formation of these patterns,and the proportion of spatial components determines the structures.Our findings shed light on the formation mechanism for Turing/Turing-like patterns.展开更多
文摘近年来,计算机技术和互联网的快速发展,使得计算机模拟成为仿真实验、验证理论以及理解自然规律的一种有效研究手段。本文简要地总结了一种有效且成熟的计算机模拟方法 Monte Carlo(MC)方法的基本思想,以平衡体系和非平衡体系的两个代表模型:Potts模型和钙振荡模型为例,介绍了MC和kinetic MC(kMC)模拟的基本算法。此外,还介绍了上述两种MC方法的发展及应用,即粗粒化MC和粗粒化kMC模拟方法,并以常见的Fortran语言为例给出其计算机模拟程序。
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12205006 and 11975025)the Excellent Youth Scientific Research Project of Anhui Province(Grant No.2022AH030107)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Higher Education Institutions of China(Grant No.KJ2020A0504)the International Joint Research Center of Simulation and Control for Population Ecology of Yangtze River in Anhui(Grant No.12011530158).
文摘Turing patterns are typical spatiotemporal ordered structures in various systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium.Turing’s reaction-diffusion theory,containing a long-range inhibiting agent and a local catalytic agent,has provided an explanation for the formation of some patterns in nature.Numerical,experimental and theoretical studies about Turing/Turing-like patterns have been generally focused on systems driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium.The local dynamics of these systems are commonly very complex,which brings great difficulties to understanding of formation of patterns.Here,we investigate a type of Turing-like patterns in a near-equilibrium thermodynamic system experimentally and theoretically,and put forward a new formation mechanism and a quantitative method for Turing/Turing-like patterns.Specifically,we observe a type of Turing-like patterns in starch solutions,and study the effect of concentration on the structure of patterns.The experimental results show that,with the increase of concentration,patterns change from spots to inverse spots,and labyrinthine stripe patterns appear in the region of intermediate concentration.We analyze and model the formation mechanism of these patterns observed in experiments,and the simulation results agree with the experimental results.Our conclusion indicates that the random aggregation of spatial components leads to formation of these patterns,and the proportion of spatial components determines the structures.Our findings shed light on the formation mechanism for Turing/Turing-like patterns.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.11205002）. Chuansheng Shen was also supported by the Key Scientific Research Fund of Anhui Provincial Education Department （No.KJ2012A189）.
