MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS IN GENERALIZED ENSEMBLE - MULTICANONICAL ALGORITHM VERSUS SIMULATED TEMPERING

Citation
Uhe. Hansmann et Y. Okamoto, MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS IN GENERALIZED ENSEMBLE - MULTICANONICAL ALGORITHM VERSUS SIMULATED TEMPERING, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 54(5), 1996, pp. 5863-5865
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
54
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5863 - 5865
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1996)54:5<5863:MSIGE->2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
It is shown that two Monte Carlo methods in generalized ensemble, mult icanonical algorithm and simulated tempering, are closely related. The equivalence and effectiveness of the two methods illustrated by takin g an energy function for the protein folding problem as an example.