Ordinal Optimization (9780387515533)

Performance evaluation of increasingly complex human-made systems requires the use of simulation models. However, these systems are difficult to describe and capture by succinct mathematical models. The purpose of this book is to address the difficulties of the optimization of complex systems via simulation models or other computation-intensive models involving possible stochastic effects and discrete choices. This book establishes distinct advantages of the "softer" ordinal approach for search-based type problems, analyzes its general properties, and shows the many orders of magnitude improvement in computational efficiency that is possible.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 336 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 18mm | 472g
• Publication date 17 Mar 2011
• Publisher Springer
• Publication City/Country United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0387515534
• ISBN13 9780387515533

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