Approximation algorithms for the normalizing constant of Gibbs distributions

DOI10.1214/14-AAP1015zbMath1328.65011arXiv1206.2689OpenAlexW2071516900MaRDI QIDQ2341636

Mark L. Huber

Publication date: 27 April 2015

Published in: The Annals of Applied Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.2689

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo methodscooling scheduleintegrationself-reducible

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Approximation algorithms (68W25)

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