Name

NCHECK — Define interval for producing quenching candidates at each temperature.

Synopsis

 NCHECK=n
			

Description

When this keyword is used, a candidate for quenching is produced each NCHECK random moves at each temperature. It should be noted that thermalisation criteria can be bypassed by using very small value for NCHECK. Alternatively, large values of NCHECK improve thermalisation but reduce the number of candidates unless a small value for STD is provided. This parameter should not generally be adjusted unless other methods have been attempted first. The default value for NCHECK is 20.

Abbreviation:

none

Requires:

ANNEAL, GANNEAL, TSANNEAL, or MANNEAL.

Default value:

20

See also:

STD