1 | Three methods using physical analogies 1. Simulated Annealing Algorithm (SAA) Formulate optimization as finding ground state of physical systems. Use Monte Carlo to equilibrate and reduce temperature 2. Bold Neural Network (BNN) Mean field approximation to same analogy as in SAA to find quick minima. Related to "Eigenvalue Bisection" methods. 3. Genetic Algorithm (GA) Maximize fitness (minimize cost function) of evolving population of structures (candidate solutions). |