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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Updated Alliance Pairing Algorithm

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The exact team numbers in each match are non-deterministic, because by design, [sic] simulated annealing.
When given identical inputs, its a pretty good bet that single-threaded computer programs only create different outputs if they purposefully invoke functions with pseudorandom characteristics.

So, I'm guessing that either this code has multiple threads that are racing one another, or that it explicitly includes pseudorandom operations as part of its use of simulated annealing methods. I don't think (however, my recollection could certainly be fuzzy...) that non-deterministic results are inherently a part of simulated annealing.

Regardless, I definitely thank you for the bottom line answer - Given identical inputs, separate invocations of this software will produce results that are likely to differ.

Thanks for that and the other answers!
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