title: Generalized Bulgac-Kusnezov methods for sampling of the Gibbs-Boltzmann measure.
abstract: A wide family of methods is described for sampling in the canonical ensemble. The Bulgac-Kusnezov method is generalized to include a more complicated coupling structure and stochastic perturbations. It is shown that a controlled fluctuation of the potential surface or force field in a molecular model may be used as part of a sampling method (instead of the more standard friction or driving term). Numerical experiments demonstrate that the family includes methods that are effective for recovering canonical averages.
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK.
authors.forename: Benedict
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Leimkuhler
mesh_terms: D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016008:Statistical Distributions; D013269:Stochastic Processes