[CSC 335] Questions Questions Questions...

[Andrew J. Pounds]

  Okay -- I am starting to get questions about the project (about time 
since its due on Friday).  Anyway -- one thing that is REALLY important 
and that you can easily check is if your model is conservative with 
respect to the number of particles you introduced into the system.

This should be easy to check.  Before you start your first iteration add 
up the values of all the cells in the room (it should be equal to the 
initial number of particles you introduced into the room).   At the end 
of your calculation (or as you calculation proceeds) again add up all 
the values from the cells in the room.   If you find that this number is 
significantly smaller than or greater than your initial value then your 
model is not behaving physically.   I will be checking this when I run 
your code -- and exacting a pretty strong penalty if you model behaves 
this way.

As I have said before -- wrong answers faster is not a good thing.....


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627