Sufficient Conditions for Torpid Mixing of Parallel and Simulated Tempering
Work
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: We obtain upper bounds on the spectral gap of Markov chains constructed by parallel and simulated tempering, and provide a set of sufficient conditions for torpid mixing of both techniques. Combined w... more
Institutions Cornell University, Duke University
Cites: 25
Cited by: 63
Related to: 10
FWCI: 1.768
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 99.98
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
APC paid (est): $675