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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Clerc Maurice"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Guided randomness in optimization / / Maurice Clerc"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE : , : Wiley, , 2015"]
[{"$nulls":4},"©2015"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-119-13645-8"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-84821-805-2"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (320 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Computer Engineering Series. Metaheuristics Set ; ; Volume 1"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"519.3"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Mathematical optimization"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"\"\"Cover\"\"; \"\"Title Page\"\"; \"\"Copyright\"\"; \"\"Contents\"\"; \"\"Preface\"\"; \"\"About this book\"\"; \"\"Organization of the book\"\"; \"\"Tools\"\"; \"\"Key points\"\"; \"\"Contact the author\"\"; \"\"Introduction\"\"; \"\"PART 1: Randomness in Optimization\"\"; \"\"1: Necessary Risk\"\"; \"\"1.1. No better than random search\"\"; \"\"1.1.1. Uniform random search\"\"; \"\"1.1.2. Sequential search\"\"; \"\"1.1.3. Partial gradient\"\"; \"\"1.2. Better or worse than random search\"\"; \"\"1.2.1. Positive correlation problems\"\"; \"\"1.2.2. Negative correlation problems\"\"; \"\"2: Random Number Generators (RNGs)\"\"; \"\"2.1. Generator types\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"3.3. Distribution of the Next Possible Positions (DNPP)\"\"\"\"3.4. Confinement, constraints and repairs\"\"; \"\"3.4.1. Strict confinement\"\"; \"\"3.4.2. Random confinement\"\"; \"\"3.4.3. Moderate confinement\"\"; \"\"3.4.4. Reverse\"\"; \"\"3.4.5. Reflection-diffusion\"\"; \"\"3.5. Strategy selection\"\"; \"\"PART 2: Optimizer Comparison\"\"; \"\"Introduction to Part 2\"\"; \"\"4: Algorithms and Optimizers\"\"; \"\"4.1. The Minimaliste algorithm\"\"; \"\"4.1.1. General description\"\"; \"\"4.1.2. Minimaliste in practice\"\"; \"\"4.1.3. Use of randomness\"\"; \"\"4.2. PSO\"\"; \"\"4.2.1. Description\"\"; \"\"4.2.2. Use of randomness\"\"; \"\"4.3. APS\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"4.3.1. Description\"\"\"\"4.3.2. Uses of randomness\"\"; \"\"4.4. Applications of randomness\"\"; \"\"5: Performance Criteria\"\"; \"\"5.1. Eff-Res: construction and properties\"\"; \"\"5.1.1. Simple example using random search\"\"; \"\"5.2. Criteria and measurements\"\"; \"\"5.2.1. Objective criteria\"\"; \"\"5.2.1.1. Result probabilities\"\"; \"\"5.2.1.2. Effort probabilities\"\"; \"\"5.2.1.3. Mean result of an effort\"\"; \"\"5.2.1.4. Median result of an effort\"\"; \"\"5.2.1.5. Normalized efficiency\"\"; \"\"5.2.1.6. Mean "]
[{"$nulls":4},"and median cost\"\"; \"\"5.2.2. Semi-subjective criteria\"\"; \"\"5.2.2.1. Fragmentation of effort\"\""]
[{"$nulls":4},"\"\"5.2.2.2. Result quality and success rate\"\"\"\"5.2.2.3. Global quality\"\"; \"\"5.3. Practical construction of an Eff-Res\"\"; \"\"5.3.1. Detailed example: (Minimaliste, Alpine 2D)\"\"; \"\"5.3.2. Qualitative interpretations\"\"; \"\"5.4. Conclusion\"\"; \"\"6: Comparing Optimizers\"\"; \"\"6.1. Data collection and preprocessing\"\"; \"\"6.2. Critical analysis of comparisons\"\"; \"\"6.2.1. Influence of criteria and the number of attempts\"\"; \"\"6.2.2. Influence of effort levels\"\"; \"\"6.2.3. Global comparison\"\"; \"\"6.2.4. Influence of the RNG\"\"; \"\"6.3. Uncertainty in statistical analysis\"\"; \"\"6.3.1. Independence of tests\"\""]
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