A mathematical formalization of the parallel replica dynamics

Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-146

  Le Bris, Claude ^a,b   Lelièvre, Tony ^a,b   Luskin, Mitchell ^c   Perez, Danny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Parallel replica dynamics; Quasi stationary distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870270041     PISSN: 09299629     EISSN: 15693961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mcma-2012-0003     Document Type: Article

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