Glossary

Obj, Cool, Neigh, Move, Accept

The five typed components.

See algebra.

L1-L4

The four composition laws.

See algebra.

quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC)

Quasi-Monte Carlo (low-discrepancy sequences, here used for pilot starts and polish multistart).

generalized Langevin equation (GLE)

Generalized Langevin equation (colored-noise thermostat with optimal-sampling drift).

BSA / FSA / generalized simulated annealing (GSA)

Boltzmann, Fast, and Generalized (Tsallis) simulated annealing.

maximum a posteriori (MAP)

Maximum a posteriori (the point estimate returned by the Bayesian pilot).

Thompson sampling

Draw from each arm’s posterior and pick the max (used by the mixer on the per-chain Beta posteriors).

BAB (B-A-B) propagator

The B-A-B splitting integrator used by the generalized Langevin equation (GLE) move.