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Gauge fixing is an essential step in lattice QCD calculations, particularly for studying gauge-dependent observables. Traditional iterative algorithms are computationally expensive and often suffer from critical slowing down and scaling…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-03-05 Ho Hsiao , Benjamin J. Choi , Hiroshi Ohno , Akio Tomiya

We propose a method which allows the generalization of the Landau lattice gauge-fixing procedure to generic covariant gauges. We report preliminary numerical results showing how the procedure works for $SU(2)$ and $SU(3)$. We also report…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-28 L. Giusti

This paper introduces a reinforcement learning (RL) approach to address the challenges associated with configuring and optimizing genetic algorithms (GAs) for solving difficult combinatorial or non-linear problems. The proposed RL+GA method…

Here we present the cuLGT code for gauge fixing in lattice gauge field theories with graphic processing units (GPUs). Implementations for SU(3) Coulomb, Landau and maximally Abelian gauge fixing are available and the overrelaxation,…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-05-21 Mario Schröck , Hannes Vogt

Genetic Algorithms (GA) are a class of metaheuristic global optimization methods inspired by the process of natural selection among individuals in a population. Despite their widespread use, a comprehensive theoretical analysis of these…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Giacomo Borghi , Lorenzo Pareschi

The immensity of the string landscape and the difficulty of identifying solutions that match the observed features of particle physics have raised serious questions about the predictive power of string theory. Modern methods of optimisation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-18 Steven Abel , Andrei Constantin , Thomas R. Harvey , Andre Lukas

In this paper we present and explore the performance of Landau gauge fixing in GPUs using CUDA. We consider the steepest descent algorithm with Fourier acceleration, and compare the GPU performance with a parallel CPU implementation. Using…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2012-10-12 Nuno Cardoso , Paulo J. Silva , Pedro Bicudo , Orlando Oliveira

We discuss global gauge fixing on the lattice, specifically to the lattice Landau gauge, with the goal of understanding the question of why the process becomes extremely slow for large lattices. We construct an artificial "gauge-fixing"…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2007-05-23 Jeffrey E. Mandula

We adopt CUDA-capable Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) for Landau, Coulomb and maximally Abelian gauge fixing in 3+1 dimensional SU(3) and SU(2) lattice gauge field theories. A combination of simulated annealing and overrelaxation is used to…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-12-12 Hannes Vogt , Mario Schröck

Gradient descent algorithm is the most utilized method when optimizing machine learning issues. However, there exists many local minimums and saddle points in the loss function, especially for high dimensional non-convex optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Zhicheng Cai

One important feature of complex systems are problem domains that have many local minima and substructure. Biological systems manage these local minima by switching between different subsystems depending on their environmental or…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Ankit Grover , Vaishali Yadav , Bradly Alicea

We calculate Landau gauge ghost and gluon propagators in pure SU(2) lattice gauge theory in two, three and four dimensions. The gauge fixing method we use, sc. stochastic quantisation, serves as a viable alternative approach to standard…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2014-11-20 Jan M. Pawlowski , Daniel Spielmann , Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu

In this review I summarize how machine learning can be used in lattice gauge theory simulations and what ap\-proaches are currently available to improve the sampling of gauge field configurations, with a focus on applications in…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2026-04-15 Urs Wenger

This work presents a novel lattice-based methodology for incorporating multidimensional constraints into continuous decision variables within a genetic algorithm (GA) framework. The proposed approach consolidates established transcription…

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In the past decade, significant research has been carried out for realizing intelligent network routing using advertisement, position and near-optimum node selection schemes. In this paper, a grade-based two-level node selection method…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-04-02 T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair , Kavitha Sooda

Several types of numerical and combinatorial optimization algorithms have been used as useful tools to minimize functional forms. Generally, when those forms are non-linear or occur in problems without a specific optimization method,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Luiz Fernando Roncaratti , Ricardo Gargano , Geraldo Magela e Silva

Gauge-fixing as a sampling procedure of gauge copies provides a possibility to construct well-defined gauges also beyond perturbation theory. The implementation of such sampling strategies in lattice gauge theory is briefly outlined, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-03-15 Axel Maas

We propose a genetic algorithm (GA) for hyperparameter optimization of artificial neural networks which includes chromosomal crossover as well as a decoupling of parameters (i.e., weights and biases) from hyperparameters (e.g., learning…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Aaron Vose , Jacob Balma , Alex Heye , Alessandro Rigazzi , Charles Siegel , Diana Moise , Benjamin Robbins , Rangan Sukumar

Genetic algorithms have played an important role in engineering optimization. Traditional GAs treat each gene separately. However, biophysical studies of gene regulatory networks revealed direct associations between different genes. It…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Zhaoning Shi , Meng Xiang , Zhaoyang Hai , Xiabi Liu , Yan Pei

This paper addresses the path selection problem from a known sender to the receiver. The proposed work shows path selection using genetic algorithm(GA)and simulated annealing (SA) approaches. In genetic algorithm approach, the multi point…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-09-08 T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair , Kavitha Sooda