Free energy computations: A mathematical perspective

Free Energy Computations: A Mathematical Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-458

  Lelièvre, Tony ^a   Rousset, Mathias ^b   Stoltz, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

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DOI: 10.1142/P579     Document Type: Book

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