Developing community codes for materials modeling

For this article, we call scientific software a community code if it is freely available, written by a team of developers who welcome user input, and has attracted users beyond the developers. There are obviously many such materials modeling codes. The authors have been part of such efforts for many...

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Main Authors: Plimpton, S., Gale, Julian
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4898
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Gale, Julian
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description For this article, we call scientific software a community code if it is freely available, written by a team of developers who welcome user input, and has attracted users beyond the developers. There are obviously many such materials modeling codes. The authors have been part of such efforts for many years in the field of atomistic simulation, specifically for two community codes, the LAMMPS and GULP packages for molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics respectively. Here we highlight lessons we have learned about how to create such codes and the pros and cons of being part of a community effort. Many of our experiences are similar, but we also have some differences of opinion (like modeling vs modelling). Our hope is that readers will find these lessons useful as they design, implement, and distribute their own materials modelling software for others to use.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-48982019-02-19T04:26:46Z Developing community codes for materials modeling Plimpton, S. Gale, Julian Lattice dynamics Force fields Molecular dynamics Materials modeling Open source software For this article, we call scientific software a community code if it is freely available, written by a team of developers who welcome user input, and has attracted users beyond the developers. There are obviously many such materials modeling codes. The authors have been part of such efforts for many years in the field of atomistic simulation, specifically for two community codes, the LAMMPS and GULP packages for molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics respectively. Here we highlight lessons we have learned about how to create such codes and the pros and cons of being part of a community effort. Many of our experiences are similar, but we also have some differences of opinion (like modeling vs modelling). Our hope is that readers will find these lessons useful as they design, implement, and distribute their own materials modelling software for others to use. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4898 10.1016/j.cossms.2013.09.005 Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Lattice dynamics
Force fields
Molecular dynamics
Materials modeling
Open source software
Plimpton, S.
Gale, Julian
Developing community codes for materials modeling
title Developing community codes for materials modeling
title_full Developing community codes for materials modeling
title_fullStr Developing community codes for materials modeling
title_full_unstemmed Developing community codes for materials modeling
title_short Developing community codes for materials modeling
title_sort developing community codes for materials modeling
topic Lattice dynamics
Force fields
Molecular dynamics
Materials modeling
Open source software
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4898