Description
Springer Ordinal Optimization by Yu-Chi Ho
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._x000D_ _x000D_
Ordinal Optimization Fundamentals.- Comparison of Selection Rules.- Vector Ordinal Optimization.- Constrained Ordinal Optimization.- Memory Limited Strategy Optimization.- Additional Extensions of the OO Methodology.- Real World Application Examples._x000D_