Strengths and weaknesses of parallel tempering

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

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  MacHta, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; DOUBLE-WELL POTENTIAL; DOUBLE-WELL SYSTEMS; EQUILIBRATION TIME; FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCE; FREE-ENERGY LANDSCAPE; GOLF COURSE; HIGH ENERGY; LOW-ENERGY STATE; MACROSTATES; MICROSTATES; MONTE CARLO; PARALLEL TEMPERING; REPLICA EXCHANGE; SQUARE ROOTS;

FREE ENERGY; TEMPERING;

WELLS;

EID: 71849118196     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.056706     Document Type: Article

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