title: Hierarchical approach for computing spin glass ground states.
abstract: We describe a numerical algorithm for computing spin glass ground states with a high level of reliability. The proposed method uses a population based search and applies optimization on multiple scales. Benchmarks are given leading to estimates of the performance on large lattices.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physik/Max Planck Institut für Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Houdayer
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Martin