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We propose a method for sampling from Gibbs distributions of the form $\pi(x)\propto\exp(-U(x))$ by considering a family $(\pi^{t})_t$ of approximations of the target density which is such that $\pi^{t}$ exhibits favorable properties for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Andreas Habring , Alexander Falk , Martin Zach , Thomas Pock

A wide variety of numerical methods are evaluated and compared for solving the stochastic differential equations encountered in molecular dynamics. The methods are based on the application of deterministic impulses, drifts, and Brownian…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-05-14 Benedict Leimkuhler , Charles Matthews

There are problems in physics and particularly in field theory which are defined by complex valued weight functions $e^{-S}$ where $S$ is a polynomial action $S: R^n \rightarrow C $. The conditions under which a convergent complex Langevin…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-22 H. Gausterer

Both linear and nonlinear Langevin equations are derived directly from the Liouville equation for an exactly solvable model consisting of a Brownian particle of mass $M$ interacting with ideal gas molecules of mass $m$ via a quadratic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alexander V. Plyukhin , Jeremy Schofield

We study the problem of sampling from a distribution $p^*(x) \propto \exp\left(-U(x)\right)$, where the function $U$ is $L$-smooth everywhere and $m$-strongly convex outside a ball of radius $R$, but potentially nonconvex inside this ball.…

On the basis of general considerations, we propose a Langevin equation accounting for critical phenomena occurring in the presence of two symmetric absorbing states. We study its phase diagram by mean-field arguments and direct numerical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Omar Al Hammal , Hugues Chaté , Ivan Dornic , Miguel A. Muñoz

We present the first method to directly use a learned continuous Lagrangian to forecast the dynamics of systems governed by partial differential equations, exploiting the inherent conservative structure to achieve stable long-range…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Lyra Zhornyak , Eric Forgoston , M. Ani Hsieh

The leapfrog integrator is widely used because of its excellent stability in molecular dynamics simulation. This is recognized as being due to the existence of a discrete variational structure of the equations. We introduce a modified…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 A. C. Maggs

We address the problem of sampling double-ended diffusive paths. The ensemble of paths is expressed using a symmetric version of the Onsager-Machlup formula, which only requires evaluation of the force field and which, upon direct time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-07-27 Thomas F. Miller , Cristian Predescu

We construct an efficient integrator for stochastic differential systems driven by Levy processes. An efficient integrator is a strong approximation that is more accurate than the corresponding stochastic Taylor approximation, to all orders…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-04-24 Charles Curry , Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard , Simon J. A. Malham , Anke Wiese

We introduce a novel simple algorithm for thermostatting path integral molecular dynamics (PIMD) with the Langevin equation. The staging transformation of path integral beads is employed for demonstration. The optimum friction coefficients…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-10-17 Jian Liu , Dezhang Li , Xinzijian Liu

The random batch method is advantageous in accelerating force calculations in particle simulations, but it poses a challenge of removing the artificial heating effect in application to the Langevin dynamics. We develop an approach to solve…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-11-05 Zhenli Xu , Yue Zhao , Qi Zhou

Langevin diffusion is a commonly used tool for sampling from a given distribution. In this work, we establish that when the target density $p^*$ is such that $\log p^*$ is $L$ smooth and $m$ strongly convex, discrete Langevin diffusion…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-11-02 Xiang Cheng , Peter Bartlett

We present a non-linear Langevin model to investigate the early-stage dynamics of electrified polymer jets in electrospinning experiments. In particular, we study the effects of air drag force on the uniaxial elongation of the charged jet,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-10-28 Marco Lauricella , Giuseppe Pontrelli , Dario Pisignano , Sauro Succi

Sampling from constrained statistical distributions is a fundamental task in various fields including Bayesian statistics, computational chemistry, and statistical physics. This article considers the cases where the constrained distribution…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Kijung Jeon , Michael Muehlebach , Molei Tao

We introduce a continuous policy-value iteration algorithm where the approximations of the value function of a stochastic control problem and the optimal control are simultaneously updated through Langevin-type dynamics. This framework…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Qi Feng , Gu Wang

In this short paper, we describe an efficient numerical solver for the optimal sampling problem considered in "Designing Sampling Schemes for Multi-Dimensional Data". An implementation may be found on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-11 Filip Elvander , Johan Swärd , Andreas Jakobsson

The problem of sampling according to the probability distribution minimizing a given free energy, using interacting particles unadjusted kinetic Langevin Monte Carlo, is addressed. In this setting, three sources of error arise, related to…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Pierre Monmarché , Katharina Schuh

We present a novel and rigorous approach to the Langevin dynamics of ideal polymer chains subject to internal distance constraints. The permanent constraints are modelled by harmonic potentials in the limit when the strength of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 M. P. Solf , T. A. Vilgis

The recently discovered supersymmetric generalizations of Langevin dynamics and Kramers equation can be utilized for the exploration of free energy landscapes of systems whose large time-scale separation hampers the usefulness of standard…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alessandro Mossa , Cecilia Clementi