Trocadero: a multiple-algorithm multiple-model atomistic simulation program

In this paper a technical description of the simulation package Trocadero is provided. This program implements large-scale atomistic simulations of materials, using a variety of simulation techniques which include several forms of molecular dynamics, structural relaxation and phonon calculations. Also a growing number of different models are available in the program, ranging from empirical potentials to semi-empirical tight-binding models. A detailed discussion of the coding strategy is given, followed by a summary of the capabilities of the program, both in terms of simulation algorithms and models available, which are further illustrated by a review of recent applications of the code in several branches of computational materials science.