Coarse-grained stochastic processes and Monte Carlo simulations in lattice systems

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 250-278

  Katsoulakis, Markos A ^a   Majda, Andrew J ^b   Vlachos, Dionisios G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth death processes; Coarse grained processes and coarse grained Monte Carlo simulations; Detailed balance; Hierarchy of Monte Carlo algorithms; Large deviations

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COARSE-GRAINED MODELING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; COARSE-GRAINED; COARSE-GRAINED MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; COARSE-GRAINED PROCESS AND COARSE-GRAINED MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; DETAILED BALANCE; HIERARCHY OF MONTE CARLO ALGORITHM; LARGE DEVIATIONS; LATTICE SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037456891     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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