Discrete Markov random fields are undirected graphical models in which the nodes of a graph are discrete random variables with values usually represented by colors. Typically, graphs are taken to be square lattices, a...
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Discrete Markov random fields are undirected graphical models in which the nodes of a graph are discrete random variables with values usually represented by colors. Typically, graphs are taken to be square lattices, although more general graphs are also of interest. Such discrete MRFs have been studied in many disciplines. We describe the two most popular types of discrete MRFs, namely the two-state Ising model and the q-state Potts model, and variations such as the cellular automaton, the cellular Potts model, and the random cluster model, the latter of which is a continuous generalization of both the Ising and Potts models. Research interest is usually focused on providing algorithms for simulating from these models because the partition function is so computationally intractable that statistical inference for the parameters of the appropriate probability distribution becomes very complicated. Substantial improvements to the Metropolis algorithm have appeared in the form of cluster algorithms, such as the Swendsen-Wang and wolff algorithms. We study the simulation processes of these algorithms, which update the color of a cluster of nodes at each iteration.
Motivated by questions on the delocalization of random surfaces, we prove that random surfaces satisfying a Lipschitz constraint rarely develop extremal gradients. Previous proofs of this fact relied on reflection pos...
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Motivated by questions on the delocalization of random surfaces, we prove that random surfaces satisfying a Lipschitz constraint rarely develop extremal gradients. Previous proofs of this fact relied on reflection positivity and were thus limited to random surfaces defined on highly symmetric graphs, whereas our argument applies to general graphs. Our proof makes use of a cluster algorithm and reflection transformation for random surfaces of the type introduced by Swendsen-Wang, wolff and Evertz et al. We discuss the general framework for such cluster algorithms, reviewing several particular cases with emphasis on their use in obtaining theoretical results. Two additional applications are presented: A reflection principle for random surfaces and a proof that pair correlations in the spin O (n) model have monotone densities, strengthening Griffiths' first inequality for such correlations.
In this thesis the critical behaviour at the quantum phase transition of a transverse field random Ising chain is studied by mapping it to corresponding two-dimensional classical model. Monte Carlo simulations using t...
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In this thesis the critical behaviour at the quantum phase transition of a transverse field random Ising chain is studied by mapping it to corresponding two-dimensional classical model. Monte Carlo simulations using the wolff algorithm are performed in order to sample the system configurations. The critical point of the transition is located by measuring the Binder cumulant. An analysis of finite size scaling corrections is performed and it is demonstrated that a higher order correction to scaling is visible. The dynamic scaling of the system is studied, and it is shown that by taking proper account of scaling corrections the analytic prediction of activated dynamic scaling is observed. Average and typical correlations are measured for the system at the critical point and the scaling behaviour obtained is compared to analytical results. A discrepancy between the numerical and analytical value for the critical exponent of the average correlation is found. The scaling behaviour of the typical correlation is found to align well with the analytic value.
Using wolffs cluster Monte Carlo simulations and numerical minimization within a mean field approach, we study the low temperature phase diagram of water, adopting a cell model that reproduces the known properties of ...
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Using wolffs cluster Monte Carlo simulations and numerical minimization within a mean field approach, we study the low temperature phase diagram of water, adopting a cell model that reproduces the known properties of water in its fluid phases. Both methods allow us to study the thermodynamic behavior of water at temperatures, where other numerical approaches - both Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics - are seriously hampered by the large increase of the correlation times. The cluster algorithm also allows us to emphasize that the liquid-liquid phase transition corresponds to the percolation transition of tetrahedrally ordered water molecules. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Problems for various random number generators accompanying the wolff algorithm [U. wolff, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62 (1989) 361;U. wolff, Phys. Lett. B 228 (1989) 379] are discussed, including the hidden errors first reporte...
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Problems for various random number generators accompanying the wolff algorithm [U. wolff, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62 (1989) 361;U. wolff, Phys. Lett. B 228 (1989) 379] are discussed, including the hidden errors first reported in [A.M. Ferrenberg, D.P. Landau, Y.J. Wong, Phys. Rev. Lett. 69 (1992) 3382]. A general (though simple) method of twisting and combining for improving the performance of these generators is proposed. Some recent generators motivated by such a twisting and combining method with extremely long period are discussed. The proposed method provides a novel and simple way to improve RNGs in its performance. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
We investigate explicit segment duration models in addressing the problem of fragmentation in musical audio segmentation. The resulting probabilistic models are optimised using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods;in part...
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We investigate explicit segment duration models in addressing the problem of fragmentation in musical audio segmentation. The resulting probabilistic models are optimised using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods;in particular, we introduce a modification to wolff's algorithm to make it applicable to a segment classification model with an arbitrary duration prior. We apply this to a collection of pop songs, and show experimentally that the generated segmentations suffer much less from fragmentation than those produced by segmentation algorithms based on clustering, and are closer to an expert listener's annotations, as evaluated by two different performance measures.
A new variant of the wolff cluster algorithm is proposed for simulating systems with competing interactions. This method is used in a high-precision study of the Lifshitz point of the 3D ANNNI model. At the Lifshitz p...
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A new variant of the wolff cluster algorithm is proposed for simulating systems with competing interactions. This method is used in a high-precision study of the Lifshitz point of the 3D ANNNI model. At the Lifshitz point, several critical exponents are found and the anisotropic scaling of the correlators is verified. The functional form of the two-point correlators is shown to be consistent with the predictions of generalized conformal invariance. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
A new variant of the wolff cluster algorithm is proposed for simulating systems with competing interactions. This method is used in a high-precision study of the Lifshitz point of the 3D ANNNI model. At the Lifshitz p...
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A new variant of the wolff cluster algorithm is proposed for simulating systems with competing interactions. This method is used in a high-precision study of the Lifshitz point of the 3D ANNNI model. At the Lifshitz point, several critical exponents are found and the anisotropic scaling of the correlators is verified. The functional form of the two-point correlators is shown to be consistent with the predictions of generalized conformal invariance. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
We report the results of simulations of the three-dimensional Lebwohl-Lasher model of the nematic-isotropic transition using a single cluster Monte Carlo algorithm. The algorithm, first introduced by Kunz and Zumbach ...
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We report the results of simulations of the three-dimensional Lebwohl-Lasher model of the nematic-isotropic transition using a single cluster Monte Carlo algorithm. The algorithm, first introduced by Kunz and Zumbach to study two-dimensional nematics, is a modification of the wolff algorithm for spin systems, and greatly reduces critical slowing down. We calculate the free energy in the neighborhood of the transition for systems up to linear size 70. We find a double well structure with a barrier that grows with increasing system size. We thus obtain an upper estimate of the value of the transition temperature in the thermodynamic limit.
Here we apply the wolff single-cluster algorithm to the site-bond-correlated Ising model and study its critical dynamical behavior. We have verified that the autocorrelation time diminishes in the presence of dilution...
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Here we apply the wolff single-cluster algorithm to the site-bond-correlated Ising model and study its critical dynamical behavior. We have verified that the autocorrelation time diminishes in the presence of dilution and correlation, showing that the wolff algorithm performs even better in such situations. The critical dynamical exponents are also estimated.
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