providing, to a network of memristors, a first problem to be solved, the first problem corresponding with a curve for which a global minimum is previously determined;

gradually providing, to the network of memristors, a second problem to be solved that comprises incrementally solving for individual ones of a set of local minima to find the global minimum that is previously determined, wherein controlled noise is applied to the network of memristors for at least a portion of time during which the second problem is provided to the network of memristors,

wherein the second problem is gradually introduced to the first problem according to an adiabatic annealing process that reduces a compute time on the network of memristors for solving the second problem; and

determining a solution to the second problem.