Extended Pincus Theorems and Convergence of Simulated Annealing.
Abstract
Pincus' 1968 formula for the (unique) global minimum of a continuous function on a compact set in E superscript n is extended to finite multiple optima and to discrete and special variants. The impact of these on associated ergodic irreducible aperiodic Markov chain computation currently called simulated annealing, is exemplified asn assessed leading to grave concern about what current simulated annealing processes may converge to instead of optima. keywords: Extended pincus theorems; Global optimization; Simulated annealing; Ergodic Markov Chains. (jhd)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA207537
Entities
People
- Abraham Charnes
- W. Wolfe
Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin