Simulation Models and Methods

Simulation methods have been proved to be useful in the study of many different molecular systems, in particular in the case of flexible polymers chains [ 14]. According to the variety of structures and the theoretical difficulties inherent to branched structures, simulation work is a very powerful tool in the study of this type of polymer, and can be applied to the general problems outHned above. Sometimes, this utility is manifested even for behaviors which can be explained with simple theoretical treatments in the case of linear chains. Thus, the description of the theta state of a star chain cannot be performed through the use of the simple Gaussian model. The adequate simulation model and method depend strongly on the particular problem investigated. Some cases require a realistic representation of the atoms in the molecular models [10]. Other cases, however, only require simplified coarse-grained models, where some real mon-... 

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The result is showed in Fig. 2 and found to be in good quantitative agreement with related investigations [10]. This result supports the accuracy of simulation models and methods used in this work. 

In this section we briefly summarize a few modern applications of simulation techniques for the understanding of crystal growth of more complex materials. In principle, liquid crystals and colloids also belong to this class, but since the relative length of their basic elements in units of their diameter is still of order about unity in contrast to polymers, for example, they can be described rather well by the more conventional models and methods as discussed above. 

In recent years, several computer simulations have been performed for the dynamics of rodlike polymers in concentrated solutions [119-123], using various models and methods. Although the models used are not necessarily realistic, the simulation gives us information about the quantities of theoretical importance but not experimentally measurable (e.g., DB and D ). Furthermore, the comparison between simulation and experimental results may reveal the factors mainly responsible for the dynamics under study. 

The models and methods used for purposes of estimating potential residential exposure (and absorbed dose) continue to be refined and validated as new monitoring studies become available. The goal is to simulate actual exposure conditions as closely as possible. The following sections present an example of a simplistic screening-level exposure assessment calculation for a consumer product, followed by a discussion of how more refined, probability-based or uncertainty analysis methods can be used. Screening-level methods typically include conservative bias in the form of default assumptions that are used in the absence of directly relevant and robust exposure monitoring data and other information. These methods can be used to predict potential exposure. However, it... 

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Once the simulation conditions have been properly defined, the simulations are now ready to execute. One important consideration in interpreting simulation results is the sensitivity of these results to underlying assumptions or uncertainty about the simulation model and parameters. Trial simulation outputs should be viewed relative to their sensitivity to model parameter uncertainty. There are two general methods, local and global, for performing SA. 

Results obtained for numerically simulated models and for laboratory models are encouraging. However, it is believed that after employing this method for the real bridge structures, it will be possible to assess the effect of sampling rate, sampling length, observation noise level on the accuracy of identification. 

AHP has also been applied together with case study methods in different areas like Evaluation of critical success factors of ISO 14001 implementation in a case study in Malaysia (Sambasivan and Fei 2008), Case study to the selection of a multimedia authoring system in software selection (Lai et al. 1999), Case study of design and evaluation of automated cellular manufacturing systems with simulation modeling and AHP approach (Chan and Abhary 1996), just to give some examples available in the literature. 

Multiscale approach A simulation strategy in which different models and methods are... 

The available solvent media for extractive fermentation are not efficient in addressing all the problem requirements. The system also includes significant amounts of xylose, which needs to be efficiently fermented to ethanol. The design objective is to maximize the ethanol productivity in the extract phase, while minimizing the molecular complexity. Details on the screening method and the stochastic optimization parameter choices can be found in Marcoulaki and Kokossis (2(XX)a). The tool is interfaced to the proposed simulation model and the search. 

Linear and nonlinear infrared spectroscopy are powerful tools for probing the structure and vibrational dynamics of molecular systems." In order to take full advantage of them, however, accurate models and methods are required for simulating and interpreting spectra. A common approach for modeling spectra is based on computing optical response functions (ORFs)." Unfortunately, exact calculations of quantum-mechanical ORFs are not feasible for most systems of practical interest due to the large number of DOF. Instead, mixed quantum-classical methods ean provide suitable alternatives." " " ... 

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