Markov Chain Monte Carlo

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf computational algorithm
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MCMC
gptkbp:application gptkb:statistical_mechanics
gptkb:computational_finance
genetics
Bayesian inference
model selection
parameter estimation
image analysis
phylogenetics
gptkbp:basedOn Markov chain
gptkbp:category gptkb:Monte_Carlo_methods
Markov processes
Bayesian computation
Stochastic simulation
gptkbp:developedBy 1950s
gptkbp:firstPublished 1953
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Markov Chain Monte Carlo
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Edward_Teller
gptkb:Nicholas_Metropolis
gptkb:Arianna_W._Rosenbluth
gptkb:Augusta_H._Teller
gptkb:Marshall_N._Rosenbluth
gptkbp:limitation autocorrelation
burn-in period
mixing issues
slow convergence
tuning required
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Hamiltonian_Monte_Carlo
gptkb:Metropolis-Hastings_algorithm
gptkb:Gibbs_sampling
Slice sampling
gptkbp:output posterior distribution
expectation estimates
marginal likelihood
sampled values
gptkbp:property ergodicity
stationary distribution
asymptotic convergence
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Monte_Carlo_method
gptkb:stochastic_process
random walk
gptkbp:usedFor sampling from probability distributions
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:machine_learning
Bayesian statistics
computational biology
computational chemistry
statistical physics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Monte_Carlo_simulations
gptkb:Boltzmann_machine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5