Chapter 9: Understanding Simulated Annealing

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In this chapter we will examine another technique that allows you to train neural networks. In Chapter 8 you were introduced to using genetic algorithms to train a neural network. This chapter will show you how you can use another popular algorithm, which is named simulated annealing. Simulated annealing has become a popular method of neural network training. As you will see in this chapter, it can be applied to other uses as well.