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Optimization by simulated annealing: Quantitative studies

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Abstract

Simulated annealing is a stochastic optimization procedure which is widely applicable and has been found effective in several problems arising in computeraided circuit design. This paper derives the method in the context of traditional optimization heuristics and presents experimental studies of its computational efficiency when applied to graph partitioning and traveling salesman problems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)975-986
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Statistical Physics
Volume34
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1984
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Spin glasses
  • algorithms
  • graph partitioning
  • optimization

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