Microcanonical Ensemble Investigation of Simulated Annealing
Abstract
Simulated annealing is a method of global optimization based on the analogy of annealing defective solids. Here we study simulated annealing in the traveling salesman problem using a new formulation of the microcanonical ensemble (J. R. Ray and Claude Freléchoz, Phys. Rev E 53) ,3402 (1996) and compare with the usual canonical ensemble approach.
- Publication:
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APS Southeastern Section Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- November 1996
- Bibcode:
- 1996APS..SES..GB05H