Simulated Annealing
Simulated Annealing – local optimization with %
random steps, with % decreasing slowly over time
Analogy to statistical mechanics, process of
annealing metals, forming crystalline structures.
Applet demo by Dudu Noy
http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~dudunoy/ex2/tsp.html
Another applet demo by Wesley Perkins:
http://www.starbath.com/Optimization/Gacut.htm