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recent ``large-problem'' optimization success:\\ 
using Gibbs measures (Markov random fields), we can regard 
{\it simulated annealing} and {\it Hopfield neural networks} as 
(equivalent) special cases of Markov chain simulation

applications:
\begin{itemize}
\item file assignment to minimize conflict in a distributed network
\item digital halftoning
\item color quantization
\item disk subsystem performance enhancement via cylinder remapping
\end{itemize}
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