Chapter 2: What is the Cost Function?

Except for those familiar with science, why an annealing machine derives the optimal solution from the cost function may not be clear. So, let's unpack the relationship between an annealing machine and the Ising model in detail.

• Section 1: Relationship between Annealing Machines and Cost Functions
• Section 2: How to create a cost function

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