Prellberg, Thomas

Title: PERM and all that - a comparison of growth algorithms
Author: Thomas Prellberg
Affiliation: Queen Mary, University of London
Abstract:
Over the last few years, there have been a variety of growth-like algorithms, such as PERM, IGW, GARM, and GAS. Some of these have been coupled with flat-histogram techniques, resulting in multicanonical PERM, flatPERM, flatIGW.
In this talk we will describe these various algorithms, point out their differences, and discuss their respective strengths.