How low can you sink? In search of global minima

Borkar, Vivek S. (1997) How low can you sink? In search of global minima Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 2 (2). pp. 52-63. ISSN 0971-8044

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Abstract

Many scientific and technological problems involve finding the lowest attainable value of a function. This article motivates, describes, and discusses one powerful computational strategy. It is called "simulated annealing" in analogy with the physical process of slowly cooling a system to take it to its ground state.

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