Applications of optimization heuristics to estimation and modelling problems

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

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

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algorithms +10

Distributed Optimization by Ant Colonies

Alberto Colorni, Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo et al. · 1992 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +12

Global optimization of statistical functions with simulated annealing

William L. Goffe, Gary D. Ferrier, J.D. Rogers · Journal of Econometrics · 1994 · 1.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +11

Threshold accepting: A general purpose optimization algorithm appearing superior to simulated annealing

Gunter Dueck, Tobias Scheuer · Journal of Computational Physics · 1990 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Algorithms +6

Metaheuristics: A bibliography

Ibrahim H. Osman · Annals of Operations Research · 1996 · 647 citations