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Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
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<p>"Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines" is a <a href="/facts/Scholarly_article/WfPqsYr1">scholarly article</a> published by <a href="/facts/Nicholas_Metropolis/f2XPGUKk">Nicholas Metropolis</a>, <a href="/facts/Arianna_W._Rosenbluth/9lNWH4Ed">Arianna W. Rosenbluth</a>, <a href="/facts/Marshall_N._Rosenbluth/oNyAWp6X">Marshall N. Rosenbluth</a>, <a href="/facts/Augusta_H._Teller/KmXVtfN1">Augusta H. Teller</a>, and <a href="/facts/Edward_Teller/9g3Mr9Mp">Edward Teller</a> in the <a href="/facts/Journal_of_Chemical_Physics/VtWJ7QHN">Journal of Chemical Physics</a> in 1953. This paper proposed what became known as the Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm, later generalized as the <a href="/facts/Metropolis%25E2%2580%2593Hastings_algorithm/8K7bz3LN">Metropolis–Hastings algorithm</a>, which forms the basis for Monte Carlo <a href="/facts/Statistical_mechanics/6zMsNYYG">statistical mechanics</a> simulations of atomic and molecular systems. </p>