A reactive cycle begins with a search of the model system for all reaction candidates corresponding to template reaction paths. If none are found, a short MD simulation of length τ update is run to update the total configuration and another search is performed (update loop in Fig. ). Execution of 200 consecutive update loops results in a simulation being terminated. A new reactive cycle is initiated once at least one candidate is found, and a simulation is considered complete if sufficient reactive cycles Figure : Generalized algorithm for the kinetic approach to the Monte Carlo-molecular dynamics method.