New Optimization Algorithms in Physics - Hardcover

"This book is recommended for academic libraries, especially those with strong physics collections. It would be useful to faculty in physics, mathematics, and computer science..." (E-STREAMS, February 2005)

Many physicists are not aware of the fact that they can solve their problems by applying optimization algorithms. Since the number of such algorithms is steadily increasing, many new algorithms have not been presented comprehensively until now. This presentation of recently developed algorithms applied in physics, including demonstrations of how they work and related results, aims to encourage their application, and as such the algorithms selected cover concepts and methods from statistical physics to optimization problems emerging in theoretical computer science.