On: The Metropolis Algorithm: Theory and Examples

[winterismute]

It's also the foundation of a very good estimator for global illumination! See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_light_transport . It used to achieve state of the art quality on scenes with caustics and/or tough indirect-light dominated scenes (eg. veach door).

[addaon → winterismute]

I was just talking about implementing MLT for Pete Shirley’s physics-based rendering class with a friend yesterday… small world.