| Sym | Description | Sym | Description |
| Iter | number of iterations | xab | bth coord. value for point a (current sol.) |
| Sim | number of simulations | (xab)t | bth coord. value for point a (test sol.) |
| T | current temperature | (xab)b | bth coord. value for point a (best sol.) |
| T1 | initial temperature | dij | Euclidean distance from points i to j |
| TF | final temperature | ci | Cost vector of test solution (n × 1) |
| CR | cooling rate | q | target data point for modification |
| n | number of data points | Z | objective function value of current solution |
| m | number of dimensions | Zt | objective function value of test solution |
| kB | Boltzman constant | Zb | objective function value of best solution |