Strict Detailed Balance is Unnecessary in Monte Carlo Simulation
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
Detailed balance is an overly strict condition to ensure a valid Monte Carlo simulation. We show that, under fairly general assumptions, a Monte Carlo simulation need satisfy only the weaker balance condition. Not only does our proof show that sequential updating schemes are correct, but also it establishes the correctness of a whole class of new methods that simply leave the Boltzmann distribution invariant.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809240,
title = {Strict Detailed Balance is Unnecessary in Monte Carlo Simulation},
author = {Vasilios I. Manousiouthakis and Michael W. Deem},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809240},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages. LaTeX style. To appear in J. Chem. Phys