The only problem is that the algorithm ... want to read the Python source to see exactly what it is doing. But it could probably serve as a template to do other simulated annealing simulations ...

The only problem is that the algorithm ... want to read the Python source to see exactly what it is doing. But it could probably serve as a template to do other simulated annealing simulations ...

A relatively new idea is to slightly modify standard simulated annealing by borrowing one or more ideas from quantum mechanics. This is sometimes called quantum-inspired annealing. Note that ...