M 4 Key Ingredients for Simulated Annealing 6899 (Kirkpatrick et al, 1983) E508 A concise description of a configuration(ie architecture)of the system (Design Vector) a random generator of rearrangements of the elements in a configuration( Neighborhoods) a quantitative objective function containing the trade- offs that have to be made(simulation Model and Output Metric(s) An annealing schedule of the temperatures and the length of times for which the system is to be evolved o Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Dr. Cyrus D Jilla Prof Olivier de Weck Engineering Systems Division and Dept of Aeronautics& Astronautics4 Key Ingredients for Simulated Annealing 4 Key Ingredients for Simulated Annealing (Kirkpatrick et al, 1983) Kirkpatrick et al, 1983) • A concise description of a configuration (ie. architecture) of the system (Design Vector). • A random generator of rearrangements of the elements in a configuration (Neighborhoods). • A quantitative objective function containing the trade-offs that have to be made (Simulation Model and Output Metric(s)). • An annealing schedule of the temperatures and the length of times for which the system is to be evolved. © Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Dr. Cyrus D. Jilla & Prof. Olivier de Weck Engineering Systems Division and Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics 7