Ahlers, H.; Engel, A. - In: The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and … 62 (2008) 3, pp. 357-364
Building on a variant of the Jarzynski equation we propose a new method to numerically determine the prior-predictive value in a Bayesian inference problem. The method generalizes thermodynamic integration and is not hampered by equilibration problems. We demonstrate its operation by applying it...