An alternative exchange strategy for parallel tempering simulations is introduced. Instead of attempting to swap configurations between two randomly chosen but adjacent replicas, the acceptance probabilities of all possible swap moves are calculated a priori. One specific swap move is then selected according to its probability and enforced. The efficiency of the method is illustrated first on the case of two Lennard-Jones (LJ) clusters containing 13 and 31 atoms, respectively. The convergence of the caloric curve is seen to be at least twice as fast as in conventional parallel tempering simulations, especially for the difficult case of LJ31. Further evidence for an improved efficiency is reported on the ergodic measure introduced by Mountain and Thirumalai [J. Phys. Chem. 93, 6975 (1989)], calculated here for LJ13 close to the melting point. Finally, tests on two simple spin systems indicate that the method should be particularly useful when a limited number of replicas are available.
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