Journal
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
Volume 172, Issue 6, Pages 1525-1544Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-018-2108-8
Keywords
Large deviations; Rare event simulation; Diffusions; Nonequilibrium processes
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- Labex Bezout
- National Research Foundation of South Africa [90322, 96199]
- Stellenbosch University
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) [ICTS/Prog-ldt/2017/8]
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We introduce and test an algorithm that adaptively estimates large deviation functions characterizing the fluctuations of additive functionals of Markov processes in the long-time limit. These functions play an important role for predicting the probability and pathways of rare events in stochastic processes, as well as for understanding the physics of nonequilibrium systems driven in steady states by external forces and reservoirs. The algorithm uses methods from risk-sensitive and feedback control to estimate from a single trajectory a new process, called the driven process, known to be efficient for importance sampling. Its advantages compared to other simulation techniques, such as splitting or cloning, are discussed and illustrated with simple equilibrium and nonequilibrium diffusion models.
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