A Bounding Chain for Swendsen-Wang

Random Structures and Algorithms

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-59

  Huber, Mark ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037236332     PISSN: 10429832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rsa.10071     Document Type: Article

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