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WSC
2007
15 years 7 months ago
Stochastic trust region gradient-free method (strong): a new response-surface-based algorithm in simulation optimization
Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is a metamodelbased optimization method. Its strategy is to explore small subregions of the parameter space in succession instead of attempting ...
Kuo-Hao Chang, L. Jeff Hong, Hong Wan
WEBDB
2010
Springer
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15 years 10 months ago
Manimal: Relational Optimization for Data-Intensive Programs
The MapReduce distributed programming framework is very popular, but currently lacks the optimization techniques that have been standard with relational database systems for many ...
Michael J. Cafarella, Christopher Ré
AAAI
2006
15 years 6 months ago
An Asymptotically Optimal Algorithm for the Max k-Armed Bandit Problem
We present an asymptotically optimal algorithm for the max variant of the k-armed bandit problem. Given a set of k slot machines, each yielding payoff from a fixed (but unknown) d...
Matthew J. Streeter, Stephen F. Smith
PARELEC
2002
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Techniques for Optimization of Net Algorithms
In this paper, techniques for optimization of net algorithms describing parallel asynchronous computations and derived from cycling and branching behavioral descriptions are prese...
Anatoly Prihozhy, Daniel Mlynek, Michail Solomenni...
AAAI
2000
15 years 6 months ago
Improved Algorithms for Optimal Winner Determination in Combinatorial Auctions and Generalizations
Combinatorial auctions can be used to reach efficient resource and task allocations in multiagent systems where the items are complementary. Determining the winners is NP-complete...
Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri