  For SU(2) lattice gauge theory with the fundamental-adjoint action an
efficient heat-bath algorithm is not known so that one had to rely on
Metropolis simulations supplemented by overrelaxation. Implementing a novel
biased Metropolis-heat-bath algorithm for this model, we find improvement
factors in the range 1.45 to 2.06 over conventionally optimized Metropolis
simulations. If one optimizes further with respect to additional overrelaxation
sweeps, the improvement factors are found in the range 1.3 to 1.8.
