ftp://ftp.alumni.caltech.edu/pub/ingber/ ASA (Adaptive Simulated Annealing) <version>6.4 <description><url>http://alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/</url> <abstract> The ASA code was first developed in 1987 as Very Fast Simulated Reannealing (VFSR) to deal with the necessity of performing adaptive global optimization on multivariate nonlinear stochastic systems[2]. VFSR was recoded and applied to several complex systems, in combat analysis[3], finance[4], and neuroscience[5]. In November 1992, the VFSR C-code was rewritten, e.g., changing to the use of long descriptive names, and made publicly available as version 6.35 under the same GNU license as this ASA code[7]. Beginning in January 93, many adaptive features were developed, largely in response to users' requests, leading to this ASA code. <contact>Lester Ingber / ingber@alumni.caltech.edu <keywords>nonlinear optimization; simulated annealing <category>application </urc>