Nested sampling for physical scientists

A Mathematical Theory of Communication

Claude E. Shannon · Bell System Technical Journal · 1948 · 80.7K citations

Engineering, Communication, Electrical Engineering +11

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algorithms +10

Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

John D. Hunter · Computing in Science & Engineering · 2007 · 39.6K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Visualization +17

SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

Nature Methods · 2020 · 37.9K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +5

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

N. Metropolis, Arianna W. Rosenbluth, M. N. Rosenbluth et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1953 · 37.1K citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +9