Title :
Efficient multicanonical algorithms
Author :
Lu, Tao ; Yevick, David
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Waterloo, Ont., Canada
fDate :
4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Motivated by our recent work on the application of multicanonical sampling to experimental measurements, we here examine the reduction of statistical error through weighted least squares fitting procedures. Our method, which generalizes previous modified multicanonical approaches, also incorporates a novel technique for characterizing statistical fluctuations.
Keywords :
fluctuations; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; statistical distributions; efficient multicanonical algorithms; statistical fluctuations; Fluctuations; Histograms; Least squares approximation; Least squares methods; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Polarization mode dispersion; Sampling methods; Temperature; Fiber-optics communications; fiber-optics links and subsystems; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.843244
