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Collectives and the Design of Complex Systems
. Ed(S): Tumer, K..; Wolpert, David
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paperback. Editor(s): Tumer, K.; Wolpert, David. Num Pages: 323 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: UMA; UMB; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Many complex systems found in nature can be viewed as function optimizers. In particular, they can be viewed as such optimizers of functions in extremely high dimensional spaces. Given the difficulty of performing such high-dimensional op timization with modern computers, there has been a lot of exploration of computa tional algorithms that try to emulate those naturally-occurring function optimizers. Examples include simulated annealing (SA [15,18]), genetic algorithms (GAs) and evolutionary computation [2,3,9,11,20-22,24,28]. The ultimate goal of this work is an algorithm that can, for any provided high-dimensional function, come close to extremizing that function. Particularly desirable would be such an ... Read more
Many complex systems found in nature can be viewed as function optimizers. In particular, they can be viewed as such optimizers of functions in extremely high dimensional spaces. Given the difficulty of performing such high-dimensional op timization with modern computers, there has been a lot of exploration of computa tional algorithms that try to emulate those naturally-occurring function optimizers. Examples include simulated annealing (SA [15,18]), genetic algorithms (GAs) and evolutionary computation [2,3,9,11,20-22,24,28]. The ultimate goal of this work is an algorithm that can, for any provided high-dimensional function, come close to extremizing that function. Particularly desirable would be such an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
Number of Pages
323
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461264729
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V9781461264729
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Reviews for Collectives and the Design of Complex Systems
From the reviews: "From the cybernetics point of view complex systems embrace a great number of disciplines … . this text is concerned with a computer-science viewpoint and addresses issues in the design of complex systems. It is presented as a collection of chapters which although independent make up a readable whole. The book is ... Read more