Selected topics in simulated annealing (Q2776543)

The paper presents a review of recent results on simulated annealing (SA). The main idea of SA methods is briefly introduced. Asymptotic convergence of SA methods is considered by means of the theory of Markov chains. The results on performance analysis and cooling schedules are reviewed. Numerouos papers on applications of SA to practical problems as well as to theoretical test problems are commented. A brief review on applications of SA to continuous global optimization and neural networks completes the paper. The list of references contains 128 items.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0976.00017].