Path factorization approach to stochastic simulations
Résumé
The computational efficiency of stochastic simulation algorithms is notoriously limited by the kinetic
trapping of the simulated trajectories within low energy basins. Here we present a new method that
overcomes kinetic trapping while still preserving exact statistics of escape paths from the trapping basins.
The method is based on path factorization of the evolution operator and requires no prior knowledge of the
underlying energy landscape. The efficiency of the new method is demonstrated in simulations of
anomalous diffusion and phase separation in a binary alloy, two stochastic models presenting severe kinetic
trapping.
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