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A ``Physical'' Annealing Schedule

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We would like to have be such that we reach thermal equilibrium at before moving to .

Can do this using standard methods for testing for equilibration (binning). Or alternatively, can use clever techniques for estimating from measurements of E, and then set .

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To avoid moving too far from equilibrium, could choose so that fluctuations in overlap those of .



Paul Coddington, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University, paulc@npac.syr.edu