New optimization methods from physics and biology

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44K citations

Numerical Analysis, Large-scale Global Optimization, Computational Science +15

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

N. Metropolis, Arianna W. Rosenbluth, M. N. Rosenbluth et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1953 · 36.5K citations

Numerical Analysis, Engineering, Material Simulation +22

Stochastic Relaxation, Gibbs Distributions, and the Bayesian Restoration of Images

Stuart Geman, Donald Geman · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence · 1984 · 17.9K citations

Engineering, Bayesian Restoration, Markov Chain Monte Carlo +17

“Neural” computation of decisions in optimization problems

J. J. Hopfield, David W. Tank · Biological Cybernetics · 1985 · 6K citations

Intelligent Optimization, Cognitive Science, Optimization Problems

Spin glasses: Experimental facts, theoretical concepts, and open questions

Kurt Binder, A. P. Young · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1986 · 5.1K citations

Optical Materials, Engineering, Glass-forming Liquid +17