On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Craig Carey wrote: > Simulated annealing is using random numbers to get around multiple > minima.
Why on earth does one need to "get around" multiple minima (I assume you are talking local minima here ...) ? What is the problem with multiple local minima? And why can't one use analytical methods to deal with such? Diana. ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
