Langevin Equations of Ginzburg--Landau form, with multiplicative noise, are proposed to study the effects of fluctuations in domain growth. These equations are derived from a coarse-grained methodology. The Cahn--Hiliard--Cook linear stability analysis predicts some effects in the transitory regime. We also derive numerical algorithms for the computer simulation of these equations. The numerical results corroborate the analytical predictions of the linear analysis. We also present simulation results for spinodal decomposition at large times.

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