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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300109503321

Autore

Kovchegov Yevgeniy

Titolo

Path Coupling and Aggregate Path Coupling [[electronic resource] /] / by Yevgeniy Kovchegov, Peter T. Otto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-77019-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 96 pages) : illustrations

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, , 2365-4333

Disciplina

519.53

Soggetti

Probabilities

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Coupling, Path Coupling, and Mixing Times -- Statistical Mechanical Models and Glauber Dynamics -- Large Deviations and Equilibrium Macrostate Phase Transitions -- Path Coupling for Curie-Weiss Model -- Aggregate Path Coupling: One Dimensional Theory -- Aggregate Path Coupling: Higher Dimensional Theory -- Aggregate Path Coupling: Beyond Kn.

Sommario/riassunto

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 been more difficult to analyze rigorously. The book shows how the parameter regions for rapid mixing for several classes of statistical mechanical models are derived using the aggregate path coupling method.