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Subject: Brand New Optimization Methods
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Date: 2 Jun 91 15:13:32 GMT
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Some of the recommendations for future work which I havn't mentioned in my
thesis and which I hope to work on in the near future are:

1)Using Shannon's informational entropy for developing a new algorithm for
  solving linear programming problems (LP).

2)Using Shannon's informational entropy for developing new simulated annealing
  algorithms, Entropic Simulated Annealing, for solving large size optimization
  problems.

3)Investigating the possibility of using Shannon's entropy for developing
  'Entropy Logic' which might be used to improve the performance of some
  industrial products.

4)In areas where: -results of all previous experimentation and data-collection
                   must be processed statistically, and
                  -expert professional opinions must be sought and considered.
  more research on what could be called 'Fuzzy Entropy' is urgently needed.

A. Sultan