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Hands-on Monte Carlo Tutorial

From Q-bio

Read before lecture N. Metropolis et al. - Equation of state calculations by fast computing machines - Journal of Chemical Physics 1953 21(6), 1087-1092


This interactive tutorial will introduce the foundations of the Monte Carlo methods. Special attention will be given to Markov Chain Monte Carlo in both its thermodynamic and kinetic implementations. All topics will be introduced through pseudocode bits that the students will use to develop their own working MC code. Reference programming languages will be Matlab/Octave and C++, but the students are welcome to use any other programming language of their choice.