Hi!
I'm a beginner in this field, so I do apologize if my vocabulary isn't precise enough.
Basically, I'm trying to use graph-tool library in order to perform the unsupervised clustering step of biological samples (10³-10⁴ nodes networks).

The following Is my current workflow:
1) state=minimize_nested_blockmodel_dl(g)
2) state.mcmc_sweep(niter=10,000)
3) mcmc_equilibrate(state)

Question 1)
Since I'm performing the equilibration with mcmc_equilibrate; is the mcmc_sweep step necessary in my workflow? Or I can just skip it?

Question 2)
This question concerns β parameter.
I'm wondering if performing 2 rounds of equilibration sequentially, changing the value of β, does make any sense. In other words:
1) state=minimize_nested_blockmodel_dl(g)
2) mcmc_equilibrate(state, mcmc_args=dict(niter=10, β=1))
3)mcmc_equilibrate(state, mcmc_args=dict(niter=10, β=1,000,000))

Thanks for your attention.
Leonardo