Simulated Annealing

In this article, we will understand what simulated annealing is and get to know its uses in Probability and Data Science.

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What is simulated annealing?

In a situation like shown above, the gradient descent gets stuck at the local minima if it started at the indicated point. It wouldn't further be able to reach the global minima. In cases like these, simulated annealing proves useful.

Simulated annealing is a...