Search Results - Stochastic methods applied to problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics

Spectral-Lagrangian methods for collisional models of non-equilibrium statistical states by Gamba, Irene M., Tharkabhushanam, Sri Harsha

“… The method is based on symmetries of the Fourier transform of the collision integral, where the complexity in its computation is reduced to a separate integral over the unit sphere S d - 1…”
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Stochastic Gradient Descent-like relaxation is equivalent to Metropolis dynamics in discrete optimization and inference problems by Angelini, Maria Chiara, Cavaliere, Angelo Giorgio, Marino, Raffaele, Ricci-Tersenghi, Federico

“…Is Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) substantially different from Metropolis Monte Carlo dynamics…”
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Advances in Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Volume II

“… engineering, new laboratory testing, applied geology for construction, and novel geotechnical construction methods…”
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Advances in Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Volume I

“… engineering, new laboratory testing, applied geology for construction, and novel geotechnical construction methods…”
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Ensembles of Atoms, Ensembles of Species: Comparative Statistical Mechanics by Bowler, Michael G.

“…; yet, the methods of statistical physics nonetheless seem applicable. This paper compares the application of statistical mechanics to the distribution of atoms and to the vastly different problem of distribution of cosmopolitan species…”
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Discussion of “An analytical probabilistic analysis of slopes based on limit equilibrium methods” by A. Johari, S. Mousavi. November 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-018-1408-1 by Jamshidi Chenari, Reza, Izadi, Ardavan

“…The authors, having a long and abiding interest in analytical and numerical approaches to evaluate stability problems such as slope stability analysis in the stochastic soil mechanics discipline…”
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Luffing angular response field prediction of the DACS with narrowly random payload parameters based on a modified hybrid random method by Zhou, Bin, Zi, Bin, Qian, Sen, Zhu, Weidong

“…Deterministic kinematic modeling and stochastic luffing angular response field prediction of the dual automobile cranes system (DACS…”
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Statistical homogenization of particulate composites within strain gradient elasticity by Nazarenko, Lidiia, Altenbach, Holm

“… strain gradient elasticity theory. The problem of finding the effective constants is reduced to a system of stochastic differential equations based on the fundamental equations of linear elasticity, which are solved by the method…”
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Fundamental aspects of quantum Brownian motion by Hänggi, Peter, Ingold, Gert-Ludwig

“…With this work we elaborate on the physics of quantum noise in thermal equilibrium and in stationary nonequilibrium…”
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Efficient reliability analysis of slopes integrating the random field method and a Gaussian process regression‐based surrogate model by Zhu, Bin, Hiraishi, Tetsuya, Pei, Huafu, Yang, Qing

“… during slope stability evaluation. To address the problem of the low efficiency of direct Monte Carlo simulations and overcome the defects of the traditional response surface method, in this work, a novel probabilistic procedure…”
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Kawasaki dynamics beyond the uniqueness threshold: Kawasaki dynamics beyond the uniqueness threshold by Bauerschmidt, Roland, Bodineau, Thierry, Dagallier, Benoit

“…Glauber dynamics of the Ising model on a random regular graph is known to mix fast below the tree uniqueness threshold and exponentially slowly above it. We…”
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A stochastic scaled boundary finite element method by Long, X.Y., Jiang, C., Yang, C., Han, X., Gao, W., Liu, J.

“…By extending the existing scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) into the random field problem, a stochastic scaled boundary finite element method (SSBFEM…”
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A dimension-reduced method of sensitivity analysis for stochastic user equilibrium assignment model by Liu, Jianmei, Ma, Shoufeng, Huang, Chongchao, Ma, Shuaiqi

“…This paper gives a new dimension-reduced method of sensitivity analysis for perturbed stochastic user equilibrium assignment (SUEA…”
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Approximating Time to Extinction for Endemic Infection Models by Clancy, Damian, Tjia, Elliott

“…Approximating the time to extinction of infection is an important problem in infection modelling…”
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Stochastic subgrid-scale modelling for non-equilibrium geophysical flows by Zidikheri, Meelis J, Frederiksen, Jorgen S

“…Methods motivated by non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of turbulence are applied to solve an important practical problem in geophysical fluid dynamics, namely the parametrization of subgrid-scale…”
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Stochastic meshfree method for elasto-plastic damage analysis by Arun, C.O., Rao, B.N., Srinivasan, S.M.

“…This paper presents a stochastic meshfree method for solving boundary -value problems in damage mechanics under elasto -plastic conditions…”
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Non-Equilibrium Dynamics and Large Deviations in Stochastic Lattice Models via Tensor Networks by Causer, Luke

“… Despite this success, their application to classical stochastic problems has not yet been extensively explored…”
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Multidimensional integration through Markovian sampling under steered function morphing: A physical guise from statistical mechanics by Zerbetto, Mirco, Frezzato, Diego

“… of Jarzynski’s equality applied in stochastic thermodynamics to evaluate the free-energy profiles along selected reaction coordinates via non-equilibrium transformations, it is possible to cast the original…”
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A Statistical Mechanic View of Macro-dynamics in Economics by Landini, Simone, Uberti, Mariacristina

“…In this study, based on a statistical mechanic perspective, some technical insights for macroeconomic analysis are presented with regard to (1…”
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Accelerating equilibrium isotope effect calculations. II. Stochastic implementation of direct estimators by Karandashev, Konstantin, Vaníček, Jiří

“…Path integral calculations of equilibrium isotope effects and isotopic fractionation are expensive due to the presence of path integral discretization errors, statistical errors, and thermodynamic integration errors…”
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