Monte Carlo methods in statistical mechanics: foundations and new algorithms

by Alan Sokal · 1997
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0319-8_6

Excerpts

Monte Carlo is an extremely bad method; it should only be used when all alternative methods are worse.

Reference

Alan Sokal “Monte Carlo methods in statistical mechanics: foundations and new algorithms” (1997) DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0319-8_6

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  author = {Sokal, Alan},
  booktitle = {Functional integration: Basics and applications},
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