An efficient annealing algorithm for global optimization in Boltzmann machines

摘要

This article proposes a new annealing algorithm for Boltzmann machines. This algorithm uses an exponential formula for temperature scheduling that produces remarkably better solutions for global optimization. The superiority of the new algorithm is shown by computer simulations of several examples on the Boltzmann machine and its variants. The new algorithm is also shown to have better properties compared to the Generalized Simulated Annealing (GSA) and other similar algorithms.