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提高扩展系综模拟效率的加速权直方图方法

Improving the efficiency of extended ensemble simulations: The accelerated weight histogram method

Jack Lidmar

摘要:

我们提出了一种有效的模拟方法,在扩展的合奏,有用的,例如,用于研究复杂的能量景观问题和自由能计算。在这种模拟的主要困难是先验未知的权重参数的估计需要产生平坦的直方图。该方法结合了几个互补的技术,即,吉布斯采样器的参数移动,重新加权程序,以优化数据的使用,和贝叶斯更新允许系统的改进的自由能估计。在一定的限制下,该格式退化为B.E. Belardinelli和V.D. Pereyra [Phys.Rev.E75,046701(2007)]。该方法的性能进行了研究的二维伊辛模型,其中比较与精确的自由能是可能的,和伊辛自旋玻璃。

英文摘要:

We propose a method for efficient simulations in extended ensembles, useful, e.g., for the study of problems with complex energy landscapes and for free energy calculations. The main difficulty in such simulations is the estimation of the a priori unknown weight parameters needed to produce flat histograms. The method combines several complementary techniques, namely, a Gibbs sampler for the parameter moves, a reweighting procedure to optimize data use, and a Bayesian update allowing for systematic refinement of the free energy estimate. In a certain limit the scheme reduces to the 1/t algorithm of B.E. Belardinelli and V.D. Pereyra [Phys. Rev. E 75, 046701 (2007)]. The performance of the method is studied on the two-dimensional Ising model, where comparison with the exact free energy is possible, and on an Ising spin glass.

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