“Neural” computation of decisions in optimization problems

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44.6K citations

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Neural networks and physical systems with emergent collective computational abilities.

J. J. Hopfield · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1982 · 19.3K citations

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Neurons with graded response have collective computational properties like those of two-state neurons.

J. J. Hopfield · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1984 · 7K citations · Full text

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An Effective Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling-Salesman Problem

Simon Lin, Brian W. Kernighan · Operations Research · 1973 · 3.8K citations

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Textons, the elements of texture perception, and their interactions

Béla Julesz · Nature · 1981 · 1.7K citations

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