Measuring the convergence of Monte Carlo free-energy calculations

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

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hahn, Aljoscha M ^a   Then, Holger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

ACCEPTANCE RATIO METHOD; ASYMPTOTIC MEAN SQUARE ERROR; COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS; CONVERGENCE CRITERION; FINITE-TIME PROCESS; FREE-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM WORK; STATISTICAL BEHAVIOR;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 77951099546     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.041117     Document Type: Article

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