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> It's fairly easy to prove that simulated annealing done "properly" will converge to a uniform distribution over all global minima.

> It's fairly easy to prove that simulated annealing done "properly" will converge to a uniform distribution over all global minima. The "properly" here involves a logarithmic cooling schedule and a little thought should convince you that this is in practice not going to help you any more than exhaustive search will. Are you sure this is proven? What if ergodicity is broken?

Posted by carlob on Jan 20, 2015, 4:00 PM

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> It's fairly easy to prove that simulated annealing done "properly" will converge to a uniform distribution over all global minima.

carlobJan 20, 2015, 4:00 PM

> It's fairly easy to prove that simulated annealing done "properly" will converge to a uniform distribution over all global minima. The "properly" here involves a logarithmic cooling schedule and a little thought should convince you that this is in practice not going to help you any more than exhaustive search will. Are you sure this is proven? What if ergodicity is broken?

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