Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!mucs!liv-cs!liv!ec13 From: EC13@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Brand New optimization Methods Message-ID: <91166.152608EC13@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> Date: 15 Jun 91 14:26:08 GMT Organization: University of Liverpool Lines: 19 Some of the recommendations for future worhs 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