Breakdown of the finite-time and -population scalings of the large deviation function in the large-size limit of a contact process

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AAD6B2zbMATH Open1456.60006arXiv1709.09322OpenAlexW2887261066MaRDI QIDQ3303323FDOQ3303323

Esteban Guevara Hidalgo

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a recent study, the finite-time ($t$) and -population size ($N_c$) scalings in the evaluation of a large deviation function (LDF) estimator were analyzed by means of the cloning algorithm. These scalings provide valuable information about the convergence of the LDF estimator in the infinite-$t$ and infinite-$N_c$ limits. For the cases analyzed in that study, the scalings of the systematic errors of the estimator were found to behave as $t^{-1}$ and $N_c^{-1}$ in the large-$t$ and large-$N_c$ asymptotics. Moreover, it was shown how this convergence speed can be used in order to extract an asymptotic limit which resulted to render a better LDF estimation in comparison to the standard estimator. However, the validity of these scaling laws and thus, the convergence of the estimator was proved only in systems for which the number of sites $L$ (where the dynamics occurs) was small. In this paper, the analysis is extended to a wider range of system sizes $L$. We show how the introduction of the exponents $gamm{a}_t$ and $gamm{a}_{N_c}$ allows to characterize the behavior of the LDF estimator for any system size. From these generalized $t^{-gamm{a}_t}$- and $N_c^{-gamm{a}_{N_c}}$- scalings, we verify that in the large-$L$ limit the $t^{-1}$- and $N_c^{-1}$-scalings are no longer valid. Moreover, as the convergence of the estimator relies on the positivity of these exponents, we show how for some cases $gamm{a}_{N_c}$ can be negative implying that the estimation provided by the cloning algorithm is no longer reliable.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.09322

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to probability theory (60-08) Large deviations (60F10) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35)

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• Finite-size scaling of the error threshold transition in finite populations
• Finite-size and finite-time effects in large deviation functions near dynamical symmetry breaking transitions

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