Information and Computation ( IF 1 ) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 , DOI: 10.1016/j.ic.2023.105066 Weiming Feng , Heng Guo , Jiaheng Wang
We study the sampling problem for the ferromagnetic Ising model with consistent external fields, and in particular, Swendsen-Wang dynamics on this model. We introduce a new grand model unifying two closely related models: the subgraph world and the random cluster model. Through this new viewpoint, we show:
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polynomial mixing time bounds for Swendsen-Wang dynamics and (edge-flipping) Glauber dynamics of the random cluster model, generalising the bounds and simplifying the proofs for the no-field case by Guo and Jerrum (2018);
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near linear mixing time for the two dynamics above if the maximum degree is bounded and all fields are (consistent and) bounded away from 1.
中文翻译:
具有外部场的铁磁 Ising 模型的 Swendsen-Wang 动力学
我们研究具有一致外部场的铁磁 Ising 模型的采样问题,特别是该模型上的 Swendsen-Wang 动力学。我们引入了一个新的大模型,它统一了两个密切相关的模型:子图世界和随机聚类模型。通过这个新观点,我们表明:
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随机聚类模型的 Swendsen-Wang 动力学和(边缘翻转)Glauber 动力学的多项式混合时间界限,概括了界限并简化了Guo和Jerrum(2018)无场情况的证明;
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如果最大程度有界并且所有场(一致且)远离 1,则上述两种动力学接近线性混合时间。