step 1: for i ∈ {0, 1} do 2: for k = 1, . . . , K/2 do 3: // This loop can now be done in parallel for all k 4: Draw a walker Xj at random from the complementary ensemble S(∼i)(t) 5: Xk ← S(i) k 6: z ← Z ∼ g(z), Equation (10) 7: Y ← Xj + z [Xk (t) − Xj ] 8: q ← zn−1 p(Y )/p(Xk (t)) 9: r ← R ∼ [0, 1] 10: if r ≤ q, Equation (9) then 11: Xk (t + 1 2 ) ← Y 12: else 13: Xk (t + 1 2 ) ← Xk (t) 14: end if 15: end for 16: t ← t + 1 2 17: end for acceptance fraction af . This is the fraction of proposed steps that are accepted. There appears to be no agreement on the optimal acceptance rate but it is clear that both extrema are unacceptable. If af ∼ 0, then nearly all proposed steps are rejected, so the chain DFM+ (2013)