Unbiased estimators for spatial distribution functions of classical fluids

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Adib, Artur B ^a,b   Jarzynski, Christopher ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL FLUIDS; HISTOGRAM-BASED METHODS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; UNBIASED ESTIMATORS;

CORRELATION METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THEOREM PROVING;

FLUIDS;

EID: 22944458574     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1829631     Document Type: Article

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