title: Reply to "comment on 'Monte Carlo simulations for a Lotka-type model with reactant surface diffusion and interactions' ".
abstract: We reply to the Comment by Zhdanov [preceding paper, Phys. Rev. E 65, blacksquare, square, filled (2002)] on our recent paper [G. Zvejnieks and V. N. Kuzovkov, Phys. Rev. E 63, 051104 (2001)]. We demonstrate that our quite different viewpoints result, in fact, entirely from nonunique definitions of the master equation, which has nothing to do with neglecting important physical principles, as Zhdanov claims.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 8 Kengaraga Street, LV-1063 Riga, Latvia.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kuzovkov
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zvejnieks