The geometric minimum action method for computing minimum energy paths.
An algorithm is proposed to calculate the minimum energy path (MEP). The algorithm is based on a variational formulation in which the MEP is characterized as the curve minimizing a certain functional. The algorithm performs this minimization using a preconditioned steepest-descent scheme with a reparametrization step to enforce a constraint on the curve parametrization.
Vanden-Eijnden
Eric
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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York 10012, USA. eve2@cims.nyu.edu
Heymann
Matthias
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