Optimized multicanonical simulations: A proposal based on classical fluctuation theory

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Viana Lopes, J ^a,b   Costa, Miguel D ^a   Lopes Dos Santos, J M B ^a   Toral, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CLASSICAL FLUCTUATION THEORY; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; MICROCANONICAL DENSITY; RECURSIVE PROCEDURE;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33749567851     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.046702     Document Type: Article

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