On the number of local minima for the multidimensional assignment problem

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

Simulation Modeling and Analysis.

Mark J. Schervish, Averill M. Law, W. David Kelton · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1983 · 8.9K citations

Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Simulation +16

An Effective Heuristic Algorithm for the Traveling-Salesman Problem

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

Mathematical Programming, Heuristic Search, Effective Heuristic Algorithm +13

Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures

Thomas A. Feo, Maurício G. C. Resende · Journal of Global Optimization · 1995 · 2.7K citations

Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Information Retrieval +6