IsingFormer: Augmenting Parallel Tempering With Learned Proposals
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arXiv:2509.23043v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Generative models have been extensively used to accelerate MCMC mixing for sampling and optimization, but their effective integration with standard MCMC remains an open question. Here, we introduce a global proposal move in which finite-temperature configurations from an external generator are used as proposals within Parallel Tempering (PT). We examine a specific generator, IsingFormer, a Transformer trained on long-run MCMC configurations intended to approximate equilibrium distributions, and call the resulting framework Transformer-A
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2509.23043v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Generative models have been extensively used to accelerate MCMC mixing for sampling and optimization, but their effective integration with standard MCMC remains an open question.
- Here, we introduce a global proposal move in which finite-temperature configurations from an external generator are used as proposals within Parallel Tempering (PT).
- We examine a specific generator, IsingFormer, a Transformer trained on long-run MCMC configurations intended to approximate equilibrium distributions, and call the resulting framework Transformer-A
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