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The evaluation of such correlation functions entails sampling from quantum equilibrium density operators and quantum time evolution of operators. For condensed phase and complex systems, where quantum dynamics is difficult to carry out, approximations must often be made to compute these functions. We present a general scheme for the computation of correlation functions, which preserves the full quantum equilibrium structure of the system and approximates the time evolution with quantum-classical Liouville dynamics. Several aspects of the scheme are discussed, including a practical and general approach to sample the quantum equilibrium density, the properties of the quantum-classical Liouville equation in the context of correlation function computations, simulation schemes for the approximate dynamics and their interpretation and connections to other approximate quantum dynamical methods.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e16010200","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,12,27]],"date-time":"2013-12-27T12:54:46Z","timestamp":1388148886000},"page":"200-220","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Correlation Functions in Open Quantum-Classical Systems"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Chang-Yu","family":"Hsieh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raymond","family":"Kapral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"67","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.pc.16.100165.000435","article-title":"Time-correlation functions and transport coefficients in statistical mechanics","volume":"16","author":"Zwanzig","year":"1965","journal-title":"Annu. 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