List of Figures

1. Boltzmann Probability Factor (the heart of annealing)
2. System Overview
3. Neighborhood Landscape at a Random Point
4. Neighborhood Landscape of the Most-senior and Least-senior Students at a Random Point
5. Neighborhood Landscape at a Single (local optimum) Point
6. Neighborhood Landscape of the Most-senior and Least-senior Students at an Optimized Point
7. Neighborhood Landscape of the Least-senior and First-new Students at an Optimized Point
8. Temperature vs Attempts by Scheme -- Samples from Fall 2000
9. Temperature vs Attempts by Scheme -- Samples from Fall 1999
10. Temperature vs Attempts by Scheme -- Samples from Fall 1998
11. Dorm_View Screenshot
12. Mean Rank By Method -- Fall 2000
13. Mean Rank By Method -- Fall 1999
14. Mean Rank By Method -- Fall 1998
15. Average Score By Method -- Fall 2000
16. Average Score By Method -- Fall 1999
17. Average Score By Method -- Fall 1998
18. Score vs Total Attempts by Scheme -- Fall 2000
19. Score vs Total Attempts by Scheme -- Fall 1999
20. Score vs Total Attempts by Scheme -- Fall 1998

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