Encoding of holograms by annealing in combination with other iterative algorithms
Thorsten Peter, Hermann Lüpken, Frank Wyrowski, Olof Bryngdahl · Optical Society of America Annual Meeting · 1991
Simulated annealing is a powerful method to numerically treat nonlinear optimization problems. The algorithm is advantageous in respect to flexibility and independence of start conditions. However, a drawback is its slow rate of convergence compared to projection procedures.