1999/09/01 by Ronald Dickman · 2 citations
Materials Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Material Dynamics and Properties #Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics #Theoretical and Computational Physics
paper · doi:10.1103/physreve.60.r2441
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A simple reweighting scheme is proposed for Monte Carlo simulations of interacting particle systems, permitting one to study various parameter values in a single study, and improving efficiency by an order of magnitude. Unlike earlier reweighting schemes, the present approach does not require knowledge of the stationary probability distribution, and so is applicable out of equilibrium. The method is applied to the contact process in two and three dimensions, yielding the critical parameter and spreading exponents to unprecedented precision.