Efficient configurational-bias Monte-Carlo simulations of chain molecules with “swarms” of trial configurations
The pruned-enriched Rosenbluth method (PERM) is a popular and powerful Monte-Carlo technique for sampling flexible chain polymers of substantial length. In its original form, however, the method cannot be applied in Markov-chain Monte-Carlo schemes, which has rendered PERM unsuited for systems that consist of many chains. The current work builds on the configurational-bias Monte-Carlo (CBMC) metho
