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| The Wang-Landau method was proposed by F. Wang and D. P. Landau (Ref. 1) to compute the density of   | The '''Wang-Landau method''' was proposed by F. Wang and D. P. Landau (Ref. 1) to compute the density of   | ||
| states, <math> \Omega (E) </math>, of [[Potts model|Potts models]]; | states, <math> \Omega (E) </math>, of [[Potts model|Potts models]]; | ||
| where <math> \Omega(E) </math> is the number of [[microstate |microstates]] of the system having energy   | |||
| where <math> \Omega(E) </math> is the number of microstates of the system  | |||
| <math> E </math>. | <math> E </math>. | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.056101     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)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.64.056101     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)] | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 4 July 2008
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)
