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Re: gsl_siman_solve


Fabian Bastin writes:
 > I have a little question concerning the implementation of
 > gsl_siman_solve.
 > 
 > The variable n_evals is used to count the number of evaluations of Ef,
 > but n_evals is incremented only after the computation of new_E, not
 > after after the computation of E in the first line of the while loop.
 > Can you explain why you don't take it into account?

I don't know the reasoning there. Rewriting the simulated annealing
code to use an initialize-update-test interface is on the TODO list
and this will allow the user to keep track of the full
evaluation/accept/reject history.

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