Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

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"Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines" is the landmark 1953 paper by Nicholas Metropolis and collaborators that introduced the Metropolis algorithm, laying foundational work for modern Monte Carlo methods in statistical physics and computational science.

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acceptanceCriterion accept moves that lower energy
accept moves that raise energy with probability proportional to exp(-ΔE/kT)
algorithmType Markov chain Monte Carlo NERFINISHED
associatedWith Los Alamos National Laboratory NERFINISHED
author Arianna W. Rosenbluth NERFINISHED
Augusta H. Teller NERFINISHED
Edward Teller NERFINISHED
Marshall N. Rosenbluth NERFINISHED
Nicholas Metropolis NERFINISHED
citationType highly cited paper
computingPlatform fast computing machines of the early 1950s
contribution applied Monte Carlo methods to equation of state calculations
introduced a general Monte Carlo sampling scheme for equilibrium distributions
laid foundations for Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
era early electronic computing
field Monte Carlo methods
computational physics
statistical mechanics
statistical physics
hasAbbreviation Metropolis et al. 1953 NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance first systematic description of the Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm
landmark paper in computational statistical physics
pioneering use of electronic digital computers for statistical mechanics
influenced Bayesian computation NERFINISHED
Markov chain Monte Carlo methods in statistics
computational chemistry
lattice field theory simulations
introduces Metropolis algorithm NERFINISHED
language English
method acceptance-rejection rule based on energy change
random sampling of particle configurations
pageEnd 1092
pageStart 1087
publicationYear 1953
publishedIn The Journal of Chemical Physics NERFINISHED
relatedTo Metropolis–Hastings algorithm NERFINISHED
canonical ensemble
title Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines NERFINISHED
topic equation of state of many-particle systems
numerical methods in statistical mechanics
simulation of interacting particles
uses Boltzmann distribution NERFINISHED
Monte Carlo sampling NERFINISHED
volume 21

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