%0 Journal Article %T Strategies for optimize off-lattice aggregate simulations %A Alves %A S. G. %A Ferreira Jr. %A S. C. %A Martins %A M. L. %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332008000100016 %X we review some computer algorithms for the simulation of off-lattice clusters grown from a seed, with emphasis on the diffusion-limited aggregation, ballistic aggregation and eden models. only those methods which can be immediately extended to distinct off-lattice aggregation processes are discussed. the computer efficiencies of the distinct algorithms are compared. %K off-lattice aggregation %K diffusion-limited aggregation %K ballistic aggregation %K eden model. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332008000100016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en