NAME

SimulatedAnnealing - An operator that performs the simulated annealing algorithm
on an individual, using an external freezing schedule

SYNOPSIS

  #Define an algorithm
  my $m  = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::BitFlip; #Changes a single bit
  my $freezer = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op:LinearFreezer( $initTemp );
  my $sa = new Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::SimulatedAnnealing( $eval, $m, $freezer, $initTemp, $minTemp, $numChanges );

Base Class

Algorithm::Evolutionary::Op::Base

DESCRIPTION

Simulated Annealing

METHODS

new( $evaluation_function, $change_operator, $freezer[, $initial_temperature] [,$minimum_temperature] [,$number_of_changes], [,$verbose] )

Creates a simulated annealing object

run( $individual )

Applies the algorithm to the individual, returns the resulting
individual when the min temperature is reached. Same as "apply" in other operators

Copyright

  This file is released under the GPL. See the LICENSE file included in this distribution,
  or go to http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.txt