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Sequential monte carlo samplers

Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This paper shows how one can use Sequential Monte Carlo methods to perform what is typically done using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. This leads to a general class of principled integration and genetic type optimization methods based on interacting particle systems.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0212648,
  title  = {Sequential monte carlo samplers},
  author = {Pierre Del Moral and Arnaud Doucet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0212648},
  year   = {2007}
}