{"product_id":"9781461348269","title":"Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNonconvex Optimization and Its Applications\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eZabinsky, Z.B.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-11-20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461348269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4419-9182-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 224\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45578321133708,"sku":"9781461348269","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461348269.jpg?v=1775681570","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461348269","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}