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Simulated Annealing

Edited by Cher Ming Tan, ISBN 978-953-7619-07-7, Hard cover, 420 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: September 01, 2008 under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license, in subject Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
DOI: 10.5772/67

This book provides the readers with the knowledge of Simulated Annealing and its vast applications in the various branches of engineering. We encourage readers to explore the application of Simulated Annealing in their work for the task of optimization.

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Chapter 1Simulated Annealing as an Intensification Component in Hybrid Population-based Metaheuristicsby Davide Anghinolfi and Massimo Paolucci
Chapter 2Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing for a Maintenance Workforce Scheduling Problem: A Case Studyby Nima Safaei, Dragan Banjevic and Andrew K.S. Jardine
Chapter 3Using Simulated Annealing for Open Shop Scheduling with Sum Criteriaby Michael Andresen, Heidemarie Bräsel, Mathias Plauschin and Frank Werner
Chapter 4Real Time Multiagent Decision Making by Simulated Annealingby Dawei Jiang and Jingyu Han
Chapter 5Learning FCM with Simulated Annealingby M.Ghazanfari and S. Alizadeh
Chapter 6Knowledge-Informed Simulated Annealing for Spatial Allocation Problemsby Jiunn-Der Duh
Chapter 7An Efficient Quasi-Human Heuristic Algorithm for Solving the Rectangle-Packing Problemby Wenqi Huang and Duanbing Chen
Chapter 8Application of Simulated Annealing to Routing Problems in City Logisticsby Hisafumi Kokubugata and Hironao Kawashima
Chapter 9Theory and Applications of Simulated Annealing for Nonlinear Constrained Optimizationby Benjamin W. Wah, Yixin Chen and Tao Wang
Chapter 10Annealing Stochastic Approximation Monte Carlo for Global Optimizationby Faming Liang
Chapter 11Application of Simulated Annealing on the Study of Multiphase Systemsby Maurice, G. Politis, Michael E. Kainourgiakis, Eustathios S. Kikkinides and Athanasios K. Stubos
Chapter 12Simulated Annealing for Mixture Distribution Analysis and its Applications to Reliability Testingby Cher Ming Tan and Nagarajan Raghavan
Chapter 13Reticle Floorplanning and Simulated Wafer Dicing for Multiple-Project Wafers by Simulated Annealingby Rung-Bin Lin, Meng-Chiou Wu and Shih-Cheng Tsai
Chapter 14Structural Optimization Using Simulated Annealingby Fazil O. Sonmez
Chapter 15Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Structures by Simulated Annealingby F. González-Vidosa, V. Yepes, J. Alcalá, M. Carrera, C. Perea and I. Payá-Zaforteza
Chapter 16Best Practices for Simulated Annealing in Multiprocessor Task Distribution Problemsby Heikki Orsila, Erno Salminen and Timo D. Hämäläinen
Chapter 17Simulated Annealing of Two Electron Density Solution Systemsby Mario de Oliveira Neto, Ronaldo Luiz Alonso, Fabio Lima Leite, Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr, Igor Polikarpov and Yvonne Primerano Mascarenhas
Chapter 18Improving the Neighborhood Selection Strategy in Simulated Annealing Using the Optimal Stopping Problemby Saed Alizamir, Steffen Rebennack and Panos M. Pardalos
Chapter 19A Comparison of Simulated Annealing, Elliptic and Genetic Algorithms for Finding Irregularly Shaped Spatial Clustersby Luiz Duczmal, André L. F. Cançado, Ricardo H. C. Takahashi and Lupércio F. Bessegato
Chapter 20Practical Considerations for Simulated Annealing Implementationby Sergio Ledesma, Gabriel Aviña and Raul Sanchez

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