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\centerline{\bf STANFORD UNIVERSITY}
\centerline{\bf DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}
\centerline{\bf Summer Seminar on Stein's Method and Monte Carlo Markov Chains}
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\centerline{4:15 p.m., Wednesday, July 19, 2000}
\centerline{Sequoia Hall Rm. 200}

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\centerline{\sl Charles Stein}
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\centerline{\bf Markov Chains Monte Carlo with small steps}
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We will talk about some aspects of Markov Chains Monte Carlo with small steps,
including recent work of Wang, Swendson and other authors. These will be
illustrated on the Ising model with a conserved order parameter.

Application of the estimate of the mean proposed in section 4 of my notes
will also be discussed.

I hope to interest someone in programming some computations for this work
and some particpants who have already done some simulations will particpate
in the discussion.

All talks will be in the seminar room (200) on the 2nd floor of Sequoia Hall.

For more information contact susan@stat.stanford.edu.

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