TY - BOOK ID - 69739705 TI - Simulated annealing : advances, applications and hybridizations PY - 2012 SN - 9535157051 9535107100 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Simulated annealing (Mathematics) KW - Algorithm, Annealing KW - Algorithm, Probabilistic exchange KW - Annealing, Monte Carlo KW - Annealing, Simulated KW - Annealing algorithm KW - Cooling, Statistical KW - Exchange algorithm, Probabilistic KW - Hill climbing, Probabilistic KW - Monte Carlo annealing KW - Probabilistic exchange algorithm KW - Probabilistic hill climbing KW - Relaxation, Stochastic KW - Statistical cooling KW - Stochastic relaxation KW - Combinatorial optimization KW - Dynamics & statics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69739705 AB - Simulated Annealing is a probabilistic meta-heuristic that is based on statistical mechanics: while at high temperatures molecules in a liquid move freely, the slow reduction of temperature decreases the thermal mobility of the molecules. The final state forms a pure crystal which also corresponds to a state of minimum energy. We encourage readers to explore SA in their work, mainly because it is simple and because it can yield very good results. ER -