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Numerically exact continuous-time Quantum Monte Carlo algorithm for finite fermionic systems with non-local interactions is proposed. The scheme is particularly applicable for general multi-band time-dependent correlations since it does not…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 A. N. Rubtsov , A. I. Lichtenstein

We present Generative Monte Carlo (GMC), a novel paradigm for particle transport simulation that integrates generative artificial intelligence directly into the stochastic solution of the linear Boltzmann equation. By reformulating the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Joseph A. Farmer , Aidan Murray , Johannes Krotz , Ryan G. McClarren

Diffusion models are increasingly used for robot learning, but current designs face a clear trade-off. Action-chunking diffusion policies like ManiCM are fast to run, yet they only predict short segments of motion. This makes them reactive,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Xirui Shi , Arya Ebrahimi , Yi Hu , Jun Jin

In this article we consider Bayesian estimation of static parameters for a class of partially observed McKean-Vlasov diffusion processes with discrete-time observations over a fixed time interval. This problem features several obstacles to…

Computation · Statistics 2025-04-23 Ajay Jasra , Amin Wu

We develop novel numerical methods and perturbation approaches to determine the mean first passage time (MFPT) for a Brownian particle to be captured by either small stationary or mobile traps inside a bounded 2-D confining domain. Of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-20 Sarafa Iyaniwura , Tony Wong , Michael J. Ward , Colin B. Macdonald

We study kinetic Monte-Carlo (KMC) descriptions of active particles. By relying on large discrete time steps, KMC algorithms accelerate the relaxational dynamics of active systems towards their steady-state. We show, however, that their…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-12-30 Juliane U. Klamser , Olivier Dauchot , Julien Tailleur

We recently demonstrated that standard fixed-time lattice random-walk models cannot be modified to properly represent biased diffusion processes in more than two dimensions. The origin of this fundamental limitation appears to be the fact…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-10 Michel G. Gauthier , Gary W. Slater

Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is a popular and successful general-purpose tool for Bayesian inference. However, MCMC cannot be practically applied to large data sets because of the prohibitive cost of evaluating every likelihood term at…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-03-25 Dougal Maclaurin , Ryan P. Adams

Recently-proposed particle MCMC methods provide a flexible way of performing Bayesian inference for parameters governing stochastic kinetic models defined as Markov (jump) processes (MJPs). Each iteration of the scheme requires an estimate…

Computation · Statistics 2014-05-19 Andrew Golightly , Daniel A. Henderson , Chris Sherlock

Nonlinear non-Gaussian state-space models arise in numerous applications in statistics and signal processing. In this context, one of the most successful and popular approximation techniques is the Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) algorithm,…

Computation · Statistics 2016-04-20 Francois Septier , Gareth W. Peters

Parallel Markov Chain Monte Carlo (pMCMC) algorithms generate clouds of proposals at each step to efficiently resolve a target probability distribution. We build a rigorous foundational framework for pMCMC algorithms that situates these…

A detailed description is provided of a new Worm Algorithm, enabling the accurate computation of thermodynamic properties of quantum many-body systems in continuous space, at finite temperature. The algorithm is formulated within the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Boninsegni , N. V. Prokof'ev , B. V. Svistunov

We present an implementation of phaseless Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo (ph-AFQMC) utilizing graphical processing units (GPUs). The AFQMC method is recast in terms of matrix operations which are spread across thousands of processing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-09-07 James Shee , Evan J. Arthur , Shiwei Zhang , David R. Reichman , Richard A. Friesner

Recently developed neural network-based \emph{ab-initio} solutions (Pfau et. al arxiv:1909.02487v2) for finding ground states of fermionic systems can generate state-of-the-art results on a broad class of systems. In this work, we improve…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-03-26 Max Wilson , Nicholas Gao , Filip Wudarski , Eleanor Rieffel , Norm M. Tubman

Building on the success of Quantum Monte Carlo techniques such as diffusion Monte Carlo, alternative stochastic approaches to solve electronic structure problems have emerged over the last decade. The full configuration interaction quantum…

Phaseless Auxiliary-Field Quantum Monte Carlo (ph-AFQMC) has recently emerged as a promising method for the production of benchmark-level simulations of medium to large-sized molecules, due to its accuracy and favorable polynomial scaling…

Photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) are widely deployed at neutrino and dark matter experiments for photon counting. When multiple photons hit a PMT consecutively, their photo-electron (PE) pulses pile up to hinder the precise measurements of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-12 Yuyi Wang , Aiqiang Zhang , Yiyang Wu , Benda Xu , Xuewei Liu , Jiajie Chen , Zhe Wang , Shaomin Chen

The discrete time path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) with a one-particle density matrix approximation is applied to study the quantum phase transition in the coupled double-well chain. To improve the convergence properties, the exact action…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Dong-Hee Kim , Yu-Cheng Lin , Heiko Rieger

By performing a stochastic dynamic in a space of Slater determinants, the Full Configuration Interaction Quantum Monte Carlo (FCIQMC) method has been able to obtain energies which are essentially free from systematic error to the basis set…

Computational Physics · Physics 2014-10-10 George H. Booth , Deidre Cleland , Ali Alavi , David P. Tew

Implicit Monte Carlo (IMC) and Discrete Diffusion Monte Carlo (DDMC) are methods used to stochastically solve the radiative transport and diffusion equations, respectively. These methods combine into a hybrid transport-diffusion method we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Ryan T. Wollaeger , Daniel R. van Rossum