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Foil 54 General definition of temperature TS of a complex system

From Complex Systems and Parallel Computing CPSP713 Case studies in Computational Science -- Spring Semester 1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox
In a dynamic load balancing problem (time dependent system), simulated annealing will be performed concurrently on the same computer ensemble used to simulate system.
Suppose "optimal" annealing strategy used. There will be a minimum temperature TS to which it will be possible to "cool" system before time spent annealing is longer than gain due to improved load balancing.
Note TS is independent of speed of computer - it is a property of system being simulated

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