The Metropolis Algorithm for Monte Carlo

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:algorithm
gptkbp:acceptanceCriterion	gptkb:Boltzmann_distribution
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Metropolis_algorithm
gptkbp:application	Bayesian inference simulating physical systems computing integrals
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Edward_Teller gptkb:Nicholas_Metropolis gptkb:Arianna_W._Rosenbluth gptkb:Augusta_H._Teller gptkb:Marshall_N._Rosenbluth
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Markov_chain_Monte_Carlo_methods
gptkbp:field	gptkb:Markov_chain_Monte_Carlo computational physics statistical physics
gptkbp:generalizes	gptkb:Metropolis-Hastings_algorithm
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Simulated_annealing gptkb:Metropolis-Hastings_algorithm gptkb:Gibbs_sampling
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:Nicholas_Metropolis
gptkbp:introducedIn	1953
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Journal_of_Chemical_Physics
gptkbp:purpose	sampling from probability distributions
gptkbp:step	accept or reject move based on probability propose a move
gptkbp:uses	gptkb:Markov_chain
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Top_Ten_Algorithms_of_the_20th_Century_(SIAM)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Metropolis Algorithm for Monte Carlo