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The Metropolis Algorithm

Published

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, F Sullivan

Abstract

This is a survey of the Metropolis Algorithm for the IEEE special issue on the 10 most important algorithms of the century.
Citation
IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering
Volume
2
Issue
No. 1

Keywords

algorithms simulation, Markov process, Monte Carlo, simulated annealing

Citation

Beichl, I. and Sullivan, F. (2000), The Metropolis Algorithm, IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150774 (Accessed December 11, 2023)
Created January 1, 2000, Updated February 17, 2017