Articles and reports from my previous research interest:

Y.S. Cheung, Y.W. Lee, and C.S.K. Yeung. Hierarchical Simulated Annealing for Standard Cell Placement, Proceedings of ISIC-91, Singapore, 1991.

Y.W. Lee, Y.S. Cheung, and C.S.K. Yeung. A Flexible Clustering and Floor Planning Approach to Standard Cell Placement Using Hierarchical Simulated Annealing, Proceedings of China 1991 International Conference on Circuits and Systems, China, June 1991.

Y.W. Lee. Multi-stage Simulated Annealing for Standard Cell Placement, M.Phil Thesis, The University of Hong Kong, 1992.