Which of the following best describes the cooling schedule in a simulated annealing algorithm?

Select one:

It determines how quickly the temperature decreases, affecting the algorithm$$s ability to find a global optimum.

It is a function that increases the temperature over time to allow exploration of the entire search space.

It is a constant value that determines the number of iterations before termination.

It represents the number of iterations the algorithm runs at a fixed temperature before termination.

It speeds up the search process by progressively decreasing the number of possible moves.