A theory on flat histogram Monte Carlo algorithms

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-529

  Liang, Faming ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contour Monte Carlo; Convergence; Multicanonical; Wang Landau Algorithm

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644530395     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-005-8016-8     Document Type: Article

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