Comment on “The incomplete beta function law for parallel tempering sampling of classical canonical systems” [J. Chem. Phys. 120, 4119 (2004)]
Author(s) -
David A. Kofke
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the journal of chemical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 357
eISSN - 1089-7690
pISSN - 0021-9606
DOI - 10.1063/1.1758211
Subject(s) - limiting , beta (programming language) , parallel tempering , sampling (signal processing) , function (biology) , statistical physics , work (physics) , mathematics , mathematical physics , physics , monte carlo method , quantum mechanics , computer science , statistics , engineering , markov chain monte carlo , hybrid monte carlo , mechanical engineering , optics , evolutionary biology , detector , biology , programming language
We explain the apparent discrepancy between the analysis of the indicated article and that of earlier work cited by it, and present an asymptotic formula that encompasses limiting behaviors described in both. (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.
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