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Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 1195–1198 (1989)

Optimized Monte Carlo data analysis

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Alan M. Ferrenberg and Robert H. Swendsen
Department of Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213

Received 17 February 1989; published in the issue dated 18 September 1989

We present a new method for optimizing the analysis of data from multiple Monte Carlo computer simulations over wide ranges of parameter values. Explicit error estimates allow objective planning of the lengths of runs and the parameter values to be simulated. The method is applicable to simulations in lattice gauge theories, chemistry, and biology, as well as statistical mechanics.

© 1989 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.1195
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.1195
PACS:
05.50.+q, 64.60.Fr, 75.10.Hk