Path Coupling and Aggregate Path Coupling

ISBN-13: 9783319770185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 96 str.

Yevgeniy Kovchegov; Peter T. Otto

Opis

This book describes and characterizes an extension to the classical path coupling method applied to statistical mechanical models, referred to as aggregate path coupling.

Spis treści

Preface.- Coupling, Path Coupling, and Mixing Times.- Statistical Mechanical Models and Glauber Dynamics.- Large Deviations and Equilibrium Macrostate Phase Transitions.- Path Coupling for Curie-Weiss Model.- Aggregate Path Coupling: One Dimensional Theory.- Aggregate Path Coupling: Higher Dimensional Theory.- Aggregate Path Coupling: Beyond Kn.