Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulations... (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789812389350)

This book teaches modern Markov chain Monte Carlo (MC) simulation techniques step by step. The material should be accessible to advanced undergraduate students and is suitable for a course. It ranges from elementary statistics concepts (the theory behind MC simulations), through conventional Metropolis and heat bath algorithms, autocorrelations and the analysis of the performance of MC algorithms, to advanced topics including the multicanonical approach, cluster algorithms and parallel computing. Therefore, it is also of interest to researchers in the field. The book relates the theory directly to Web-based computer code. This allows readers to get quickly started with their own simulations and to verify many numerical examples easily. The present code is in Fortran 77, for which compilers are freely available. The principles taught are important for users of other programming languages, like C or C++.

Author: Berg Bernd a
ISBN-10: 9812389350
ISBN-13: 9789812389350
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2004
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.18w x 1.06d