Path Coupling and Aggregate Path Coupling

by Peter T. Otto and Yevgeniy Kovchegov

This book describes and characterizes an extension to the classical path coupling method applied to statistical mechanical models, referred to as aggregate path coupling. In conjunction with large deviations estimates, the aggregate path coupling method is used to prove rapid mixing of Glauber dynamics for a large class of statistical mechanical models, including models that exhibit discontinuous phase transitions which have traditionally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319770187
• ISBN13: 9783319770185
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"