The Cross-Entropy Method: A Unified Approach to Combinatorial Optimization, Monte-Carlo Simulation and Machine Learning - Softcover

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Rubinstein, Reuven Y.; Kroese, Dirk P.

 
9781475743227: The Cross-Entropy Method: A Unified Approach to Combinatorial Optimization, Monte-Carlo Simulation and Machine Learning
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ISBN 10: 147574322X ISBN 13: 9781475743227
Publisher: Springer, 2013

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1 Preliminaries.- 2 A Tutorial Introduction to the Cross-Entropy Method.- 3 Efficient Simulation via Cross-Entropy.- 4 Combinatorial Optimization via Cross-Entropy.- 5 Continuous Optimization and Modifications.- 6 Noisy Optimization with CE.- 7 Applications of CE to COPs.- 8 Applications of CE to Machine Learning.- A Example Programs.- A.1 Rare Event Simulation.- A.2 The Max-Cut Problem.- A.3 Continuous Optimization via the Normal Distribution.- A.4 FACE.- A.5 Rosenbrock.- A.6 Beta Updating.- A.7 Banana Data.- References.

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