Wang-Landau method
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The Wang-Landau method was proposed by F. Wang and D. P. Landau (Ref. 1) to compute the density of states, , of Potts models; where is the number of microstates of the system having energy .
References
- Fugao Wang and D. P. Landau "Determining the density of states for classical statistical models: A random walk algorithm to produce a flat histogram", Physical Review E 64 056101 (2001)
- D. P. Landau, Shan-Ho Tsai, and M. Exler "A new approach to Monte Carlo simulations in statistical physics: Wang-Landau sampling", American Journal of Physics 72 pp. 1294-1302 (2004)
- Georg Ganzenmüller and Philip J. Camp "Applications of Wang-Landau sampling to determine phase equilibria in complex fluids", Journal of Chemical Physics 127 154504 (2007)
- R. E. Belardinelli and V. D. Pereyra "Wang-Landau algorithm: A theoretical analysis of the saturation of the error", Journal of Chemical Physics 127 184105 (2007)
- R. E. Belardinelli and V. D. Pereyra "Fast algorithm to calculate density of states", Physical Review E 75 046701 (2007)