Wang-landau sampling: improving accuracy
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2012
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In this work, we investigate the behavior of the microcanonical and canonical averages of the two-dimensional
Ising model during the Wang-Landau simulation. The simulations were carried out using conventional Wang-
Landau sampling and the 1/t scheme. Our findings reveal that the microcanonical average should not be
accumulated during the initial modification factors f, and they outline a criterion to find this limit, which we
define as fmicro. We show that updating the density of states only after every L2 spin-flip trials leads to a much
better precision. We present a mechanism to determine for the given model up to what final modification factor
ffinal the simulations should be carried out. Altogether these small adjustments lead to an improved procedure
for simulations with much more reliable results. We compare our results with 1/t simulations. We also present
an application of the procedure to a self-avoiding homopolymer.
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CAPARICA, A. A.; CUNHA NETTO, A. Wang-landau sampling: improving accuracy. Physical Review. E, Melville, v. 85, e046702, 2012.