to anneal
- verb
- /əˈniːl/
- Specialized
- After several iterations, they successfully annealed the candidate solutions, leading to an optimized outcome for the project.
- simulated annealing
Examples
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IBM also developed a simulated annealing method for the automated optimization of the arithmetic coder probability-estimation table.
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In exchange for its versatility, the annealing algorithm is relatively time-consuming and complex to control.
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It is the inexorable creation of new knowledge that both anneals society.
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You can use things like simulated annealing to run to get lower bounds to get things that look pretty good and maybe optimal.
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It uses this quantum annealing capability and our founders believe that it was much easier to implement this type of quantum computing.
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Thus, the multivariate (hundreds or billions of variables) landscape is dynamic, and we need dynamic knowledge to keep it annealed (optimized).
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This is followed by the removal of any overlaps created by clock optimization, which is done with a very low-temperature simulated-annealing run of timing-driven detailed placement to preserve timing closure.
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The engineers decided to anneal the software model using a simulated annealing algorithm to find the best solution for the optimization problem.
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To improve performance, the team will anneal their approach by applying simulated annealing for effective exploration of the algorithm's search space.
Phrasal Verbs
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Heat then cool steel to make it less brittle and easier to shape
How Thorough
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Anneal in computing borrows the same image of 'healing' by 'heating' and 'cooling': algorithms 'anneal' a solution by trying many changes and slowly settling on a stronger, more stable answer.