A Set of Examples of Global and Discrete Optimization: Applications of Bayesian Heuristic Approach

by Jonas Mockus

Book Overview

This book shows how the Bayesian Approach (BA) improves well- known heuristics by randomizing and optimizing their parameters. That is the Bayesian Heuristic Approach (BHA). The ten in-depth examples are designed to teach Operations Research using Internet. Each example is a simple representation of some impor- tant family of real-life problems. The accompanying software can be run by remote Internet users. The supporting web-sites include software...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792363590
• ISBN13: 9780792363590
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"