Acceleration of convergence to the thermodynamic equilibrium by introducing shuffling operations to the Metropolis algorithm of Monte Carlo simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3221-3227

  Sun, Hongzhi ^a,b   Sugár, István P ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0000373249     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp961161l     Document Type: Article

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