Appendix C Fixed endpoints

To test this algorithm, we have simulated a single chain of which the particles interact with a DPD (Dissipative Particle Dynamics) potential [120-122], For this DPD potential, every pair of beads has a soft repulsive interaction  

For every pair of bonded beads an additional bond-stretching potential is included  

Recoil growth algorithm for chain molecules with continuous interactions 

In figure 3.6, we have plotted the efficiency of the fixed endpoints RG trial move (here defined as the number of accepted trial moves divided by the amount CPU time, in arbitrary units) as a function of k, I and It turns out that for large values of the efficiency decreases significantly and that the optimum efficiency is at k = 3. However, this optimum efficiency does not differ too much from k = 8,1 = 1. 

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