Comparison of the microcanonical population annealing algorithm with the Wang-Landau algorithm.

The development of new algorithms for simulations in physics is as important as the development of new analytical methods. In this paper, we present a comparison of the recently developed microcanonical population annealing (MCPA) algorithm with the rather mature Wang-Landau algorithm. The comparison is performed on two cases of the Potts model that exhibit a first-order phase transition.

Blume-Capel model analysis with a microcanonical population annealing method.

We present a modification of the Rose-Machta algorithm [N. Rose and J. Machta, Phys.