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GIS
2009
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
Dynamic network data exploration through semi-supervised functional embedding
The paper presents a framework for semi-supervised nonlinear embedding methods useful for exploratory analysis and visualization of spatio-temporal network data. The method provid...
Alexei Pozdnoukhov
CG
2004
Springer
14 years 9 months ago
Procedural 3D texture synthesis using genetic programming
The automatic synthesis of procedural textures for 3D surfaces using genetic programming is investigated. Genetic algorithms employ a search strategy inspired by Darwinian natural...
Adam Hewgill, Brian J. Ross
AUSAI
2005
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Accelerating Real-Valued Genetic Algorithms Using Mutation-with-Momentum
: In a canonical genetic algorithm, the reproduction operators (crossover and mutation) are random in nature. The direction of the search carried out by the GA system is driven pur...
Luke Temby, Peter Vamplew, Adam Berry
MP
2002
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14 years 9 months ago
A decomposition procedure based on approximate Newton directions
The efficient solution of large-scale linear and nonlinear optimization problems may require exploiting any special structure in them in an efficient manner. We describe and analy...
Antonio J. Conejo, Francisco J. Nogales, Francisco...
CPHYSICS
2006
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14 years 9 months ago
Genetically controlled random search: a global optimization method for continuous multidimensional functions
A new stochastic method for locating the global minimum of a multidimensional function inside a rectangular hyperbox is presented. A sampling technique is employed that makes use ...
Ioannis G. Tsoulos, Isaac E. Lagaris