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simulated annealing

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simulated annealing - A technique which can be applied to any minimisation or learning process based on successive update steps (either random or deterministic) where the update step length is proportional to an arbitrarily set parameter which can play the role of a temperature. Then, in analogy with the annealing of metals, the temperature is made high in the early stages of the process for faster minimisation or learning, then is reduced for greater stability.


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The now commonly employed optimisation methods of simulated annealing and evolutionary algorithms (which include genetic algorithms) possess distinct advantages over the Monte-Carlo [2] and grid search [3-4] methods previously employed, in that they search the relevant parameter space in a much more efficient manner.
Global Rietveld refinement by Shankland, Kenneth / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
The list of enhancements includes a new efficient exploratory optimization technique--Multi-Island Genetic Algorithm, an updated Adaptive Simulated Annealing technique, and approximation model enhancements addition of Kriging and 3rd and 4th order Response Surface Models.
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We used a simulated annealing version of the well-known simplex method for this purpose.
Implementing optimization with process simulation by Wasik, Larry / Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper
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