AI Glossary
The complete dictionary of Artificial Intelligence
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Cooling Schedule
Strategy defining the progressive decrease of temperature, typically geometric T(t+1) = α×T(t) with 0 < α < 1.
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Temperature Plateau
Period during which temperature remains constant to allow reaching a thermodynamic equilibrium before cooling.
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Cold Acceptance
Final phase where only improvement is accepted, equivalent to a classic gradient descent.
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Quenching
Rapid cooling that can trap the algorithm in a local optimum, unlike the progressive cooling of annealing.
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Thermal Backstep
Temporary increase in temperature to escape a local optimum before continuing the decrease.
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Critical Temperature
Temperature threshold below which the system begins to converge to low-energy solutions.
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Hill-Climbing Acceptance
Probabilistic acceptance strategy allowing exploration of higher energy solutions to avoid local minima.
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