{"product_id":"stochastic-adaptive-search-for-global-z-b-zabinsky-9781402075261","title":"Stochastic Adaptive Search for Global Optimization","description":"The field of global optimization has been developing at a rapid pace. There is a journal devoted to the topic, as well as many publications and notable books discussing various aspects of global optimization. This book is intended to complement these other publications with a focus on stochastic methods for global optimization. Stochastic methods, such as simulated annealing and genetic algo- rithms, are gaining in popularity among practitioners and engineers be- they are relatively easy to program on a computer and may be cause applied to a broad class of global optimization problems. However, the theoretical performance of these stochastic methods is not well under- stood. In this book, an attempt is made to describe the theoretical prop- erties of several stochastic adaptive search methods. Such a theoretical understanding may allow us to better predict algorithm performance and ultimately design new and improved algorithms. This book consolidates a collection of papers on the analysis and de- velopment of stochastic adaptive search. The first chapter introduces random search algorithms. Chapters 2-5 describe the theoretical anal- ysis of a progression of algorithms. A main result is that the expected number of iterations for pure adaptive search is linear in dimension for a class of Lipschitz global optimization problems. Chapter 6 discusses algorithms, based on the Hit-and-Run sampling method, that have been developed to approximate the ideal performance of pure random search. The final chapter discusses several applications in engineering that use stochastic adaptive search methods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Z. B. Zabinsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 140207526X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781402075261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.74h x 6.22w x 0.79d","brand":"Z. B. Zabinsky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48518313967871,"sku":"9781402075261","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb20abbb-95db-4c66-bcbc-4ad46e01002e.jpg?v=1778734177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stochastic-adaptive-search-for-global-z-b-zabinsky-9781402075261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}