An improved Monte Carlo method for direct calculation of the density of states

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 9406-9411

  Shell, M Scott ^a   Debenedetti, Pablo G ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBABILITY; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE; VECTORS;

LENNARD-JONES SYSTEM; MACROSTATE TRANSITION PROBABILITY; MICROSTATE TRANSITION PROBABILITY; TRANSITION MATRIX METHOD; WANG-LANDAU SAMPLING SCHEME;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 0344667538     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1615966     Document Type: Article

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