The article examines a hybrid multi-scale numerical algorithm that models surface reactions in the framework of the lattice gas model allowing for lateral interaction between adsorbed particles. The model is called Qu...
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We propose an unobserved-component time series model of gross domestic product that includes Markov switching as an unobserved component. In addition to a trend component, the model has two time-varying drift componen...
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We propose an unobserved-component time series model of gross domestic product that includes Markov switching as an unobserved component. In addition to a trend component, the model has two time-varying drift components. One drift represents the expected rate of growth during recession;the other drift represents the expected rate during expansion. Estimates indicate a substantial decline in the latter annual rate for the United States from 6.4% in 1950 to 3.6% by 1990. We have employed weak priors based on prewar data. The estimation makes use of the Gibbs sampler and the metropolis algorithm.
In this paper we address two inferential aspects of noise multiplied magnitude microdata. First, in the context of disclosure risk assessment of tabular magnitude data, we study the consequences of noise multiplicatio...
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In this paper we address two inferential aspects of noise multiplied magnitude microdata. First, in the context of disclosure risk assessment of tabular magnitude data, we study the consequences of noise multiplication when an intruder tries to speculate a target unit's value in a cell based on knowledge of the perturbed cell total and values of some units within the cell. This is related to some results in Nayak et al. (J Off Stat, 2011). Second, we develop Bayesian methods to infer about a quantile of amicrodata set based on their noise perturbed values. Natural applications include estimation of quartiles and median of an original microdata set when only their noise perturbed versions are available.
This article thematizes the qualitative estimation of transmission dynamics of Dengue fever. At first, a single-compartment vector-host model for the total infective cases in one homogeneous area has been set up and s...
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A new parallel algorithm for simulating Ising spin systems is presented. The sequential prototype is the n-fold way algorithm [2], which is efficient but is hard to parallelize using conservative methods. Our parallel...
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(纸本)076951104X;0769511058
A new parallel algorithm for simulating Ising spin systems is presented. The sequential prototype is the n-fold way algorithm [2], which is efficient but is hard to parallelize using conservative methods. Our parallel algorithm is optimistic. Unlike other optimistic algorithms, e.g., Time Warp, our algorithm is synchronous. It also belongs to the class of simulations known as "relaxation" [3];hence it is named "synchronous relaxation." We derive performance guarantees for this algorithm. If N is the number of PEs, then under weak assumptions we show that the number of correct events processed per unit of time is, on average, at least of order N/logN. All communication delays, processing time, and busy waits are taken into account.
We performed a Monte Carlo simulation for the formation of micelles in a ternary system composed of water solvent, oil solute (1%) and amphiphilic diblock copolymers (around 1%) on a simple cubic (3-D) lattice (51 x 5...
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We performed a Monte Carlo simulation for the formation of micelles in a ternary system composed of water solvent, oil solute (1%) and amphiphilic diblock copolymers (around 1%) on a simple cubic (3-D) lattice (51 x 51 x 5 1), using metropolis algorithm. The diblock copolymers (50 chains) were expressed by the bond fluctuation model where each chain is composed of one hydrophobic end cube and four hydrophilic cubes connected by virtual fluctuating bonds. We assumed that the configurational energy depends only on the attractive interaction energy (E-po) between a hydrophobic part of a copolymer and a neighboring oil cell, and the attractive interaction energy (E-) between neighboring oil cells. In this simulation, we drew a phase diagram and estimated the magnitudes of E-po and E-oo realizing the stable formation of micelles, which are composed of oil aggregates, hydrophobic part of copolymers, and hydrophilic part of copolymers, from inner to outer sides. As a result, it was found that E-po >= 1.9 k(B)T and E-oo >= 2.3 k(B)T are needed to form micelles. Here E-oo should be the lowest value 2.3 k(B)T on the lower boundary (E-po = 1.9 k(B)T), and E-po should be less than 2.6 k(B)T on the lower boundary (E-oo = 2.3 k(B)T).
We investigate two popular trajectory-based algorithms from biology and physics to answer a question of general significance: when is it beneficial to reject improvements? A distinguishing factor of SSWM (Strong Selec...
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(纸本)9781450349208
We investigate two popular trajectory-based algorithms from biology and physics to answer a question of general significance: when is it beneficial to reject improvements? A distinguishing factor of SSWM (Strong Selection Weak Mutation), a popular model from population genetics, compared to the metropolis algorithm (MA), is that the former can reject improvements, while the latter always accepts them. We investigate when one strategy outperforms the other. Since we prove that both algorithms converge to the same stationary distribution, we concentrate on identifying a class of functions inducing large mixing times, where the algorithms will outperform each other over a long period of time. The outcome of the analysis is the definition of a function where SSWM is efficient, while metropolis requires at least exponential time.
Every time a tablecloth is draped over a table it will fold and pleat in unique ways. We report on a physically-based model and a simulation methodology, which when used together are able to reproduce many of the attr...
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This paper is concerned with the question to which extent a change in the selective pressure might improve the run-time of an optimization algorithm considerably. The subject of this examination is the class of symmet...
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(纸本)9781450306331
This paper is concerned with the question to which extent a change in the selective pressure might improve the run-time of an optimization algorithm considerably. The subject of this examination is the class of symmetric functions, i.e. OneMax with a subsequent application of a real valued function. We consider an improvement in runtime as considerable if an exponential runtime becomes polynomial. The basis for this examination is a Markov chain analysis. An exact criterion for static selective pressure, telling which functions are solvable in polynomial time, is extended to a sufficient (but not necessary) criterion for changing selection pressure.
In this thesis, a numerical study of simulating and computing the magnetocaloric properties of magnetic materials is presented. The main objective was to deduce the optimal procedure to obtain the isothermal change in...
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In this thesis, a numerical study of simulating and computing the magnetocaloric properties of magnetic materials is presented. The main objective was to deduce the optimal procedure to obtain the isothermal change in entropy of magnetic systems, by evaluating two different formulas of entropy extraction, one relying on the magnetization of the material and the other on the magnet's heat capacity. The magnetic systems were simulated using two different Monte Carlo algorithms, the metropolis and Wang-Landau procedures. The two entropy methods proved to be comparably similar to one another. Both approaches produced reliable and consistent results, though finite size effects could occur if the simulated system became too small. Erroneous fluctuations that invalidated the results did not seem stem from discrepancies between the entropy methods but mainly from the computation of the heat capacity itself. Accurate determination of the heat capacity via an internal energy derivative generated excellent results, while a heat capacity obtained from a variance formula of the internal energy rendered the extracted entropy unusable. The results acquired from the metropolis algorithm were consistent, accurate and dependable, while all of those produced via the Wang-Landau method exhibited intrinsic fluctuations of varying severity. The Wang-Landau method also proved to be computationally ineffective compared to the metropolis algorithm, rendering the method not suitable for magnetic simulations of this type.
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