Optimization and SimulationCovers the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and gradient-based approaches for biasing searches towards higher likelihood values.
Phase Transitions in the Ising ModelExplores phase transitions in the Ising model, mean magnetization, susceptibility, critical exponents, and the universality of critical exponents.
Estimation and CorrelationExplains estimation, correlation, and Pearson correlation in statistics, focusing on measuring and describing relationships between variables.