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The Cluster Variation Method (CVM) is an analytical technique that directly gives the free energy of a system. Proposed by Kikuchi in 1951, the CVM was originally designed for the statistical mechanics of the Ising model on a fixed lattice. Consequently, most of its subsequent formulations and applications concerned systems with discrete degrees of freedom.
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Finel, A., Tétot, R. (1996). The Gaussian Cluster Variation Method and Its Application to The Thermodynamics of Transition Metals. In: Gonis, A., Turchi, P.E.A., Kudrnovský, J. (eds) Stability of Materials. NATO ASI Series, vol 355. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0385-5_11
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