SynopsisProvides a comprehensive guide for utilizing computational tools for materials design and processing Covers the fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics Explains how thermodynamics and kinetics can be integrated and can supplement each other, This book provides state-of-the-art computational approaches for accelerating materials discovery, synthesis, and processing using thermodynamics and kinetics. The authors deliver an overview of current practical computational tools for materials design in the field. They describe ways to integrate thermodynamics and kinetics and how the two can supplement each other.