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Part of the book series: Applications of Mathematics ((SMAP,volume 27))

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Relaxation techniques can also be considered in continuous space and/or time. Sampling and annealing are embedded into the framework of continuous-time Markov and diffusion processes. It would take quite a bit of space and time to present such advanced topics. Therefore, we just sketch some basic ideas and indicate some of their implications.

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Winkler, G. (2003). Continuous Time Processes. In: Image Analysis, Random Fields and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods. Applications of Mathematics, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55760-6_14

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