Comment on "Walker diffusion method for calculation of transport properties of composite materials"

Abstract

In a recent paper [C. DeW. Van Siclen, Phys. Rev. E 59, 2804 (1999)], a random-walk algorithm was proposed as the best method to calculate transport properties of composite materials. It was claimed that the method is applicable both to discrete and continuum systems. The limitations of the proposed algorithm are analyzed. We show that the algorithm does not capture the peculiarities of continuum systems (e.g., "necks" or "choke points") and we argue that it is the stochastic analog of the finite-difference method.