Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
1-31-1991
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Nirwan Ansari
Second Advisor
Edwin Hou
Third Advisor
Zoran Siveski
Abstract
This thesis 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 Boltzmann Machine and its variants. This is also shown to have better properties than algorithms like Generalized Simulated Annealing which possess somewhat similar dynamics.
Recommended Citation
Sarasakrishna, Rajendra, "An efficient annealing algorithm for global optimization in Boltzmann machines" (1991). Theses. 2607.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2607
