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Wolff algorithm

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The Wolff algorithm is an algorithm for Monte Carlo simulation of the Ising model in which an equal-spin cluster is formed around one spin. That cluster is then flipped. The Wolff algorithm is an improvement over the Swendsen-Wang algorithm because it tends to form bigger clusters.

References

  • Wolff, Ulli (1989), "Collective Monte Carlo Updating for Spin Systems", Physical Review Letters, 62: 361, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.361
  • Bae, S.; Ko, S.H.; Coddington, P.D. (1995), "Parallell Wolff cluster algorithms", International Journal of Modern Physics C, 6: 197, doi:10.1142/S0129183195000150
  • Ferrenberg, Alan M.; Landau, D.P.; Wong, Y. Joanna (1992), "Monte Carlo simulations: Hidden errors from good random number generators", Physical Review Letters, 69: 3382, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3382


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