Relating the Convergence Times of Simulated Tempering and Swapping
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2022-05
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University of Delaware
Abstract
Simulated tempering and swapping are two Markov chains that have many practical uses in the fields of applied and theoretical mathematics. In this thesis, we investigate the relationship between their convergence times.
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Tempering, Swapping, Applied mathematics, Theoretical mathematics