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Simulated annealing


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Simulated annealing is an optimization method for finding the global optimum of a function. The algorithm is similar to a Hill climbing algorithm.

Comparison with Hill Climbing

Simulated annealing, just like hill climbing, keeps track of one current solution. In each iteration, that solution takes a random step and either improves, stays the same, or becomes worse.

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Tags: Numerical optimization Algorithm

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@article{yaltirakli,
  title   = "Simulated annealing",
  author  = "Yaltirakli, Gokberk",
  journal = "gkbrk.com",
  year    = "2025",
  url     = "https://www.gkbrk.com/simulated-annealing"
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