tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post112436488916813284..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Research AnnealingLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1124420068069726922005-08-18T21:54:00.000-05:002005-08-18T21:54:00.000-05:00If we keep up with the oil exploration analogy, I...If we keep up with the oil exploration analogy, I suppose that conference versions are crude oil and the journal refereeing process analogous to the refinement process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1124381132934522532005-08-18T11:05:00.000-05:002005-08-18T11:05:00.000-05:00Last night, while conducting a fluid dynamics expe...Last night, while conducting a fluid dynamics experiment, I simulated annealing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-1124375000228988942005-08-18T09:23:00.000-05:002005-08-18T09:23:00.000-05:00Indeed, looking for research topics is pretty much...Indeed, looking for research topics is pretty much like solving an optimization problem. Although sometimes, it rather looks like an ant algorithm: some ants leave their pheromones on their way to a good food supply, others follow or modify their traces, which usually converges to something close to a shortest path.<BR/><BR/>And sometimes, the path ends up to be very long and stop in the middle of nowhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com