Author: Weixiong Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461215382
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book is particularly concerned with heuristic state-space search for combinatorial optimization. Its two central themes are the average-case complexity of state-space search algorithms and the applications of the results notably to branch-and-bound techniques. Primarily written for researchers in computer science, the author presupposes a basic familiarity with complexity theory, and it is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic concepts of random variables and recursive functions. Two successful applications are presented in depth: one is a set of state-space transformation methods which can be used to find approximate solutions quickly, and the second is forward estimation for constructing more informative evaluation functions.
State-Space Search
Author: Weixiong Zhang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461215382
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book is particularly concerned with heuristic state-space search for combinatorial optimization. Its two central themes are the average-case complexity of state-space search algorithms and the applications of the results notably to branch-and-bound techniques. Primarily written for researchers in computer science, the author presupposes a basic familiarity with complexity theory, and it is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic concepts of random variables and recursive functions. Two successful applications are presented in depth: one is a set of state-space transformation methods which can be used to find approximate solutions quickly, and the second is forward estimation for constructing more informative evaluation functions.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461215382
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
This book is particularly concerned with heuristic state-space search for combinatorial optimization. Its two central themes are the average-case complexity of state-space search algorithms and the applications of the results notably to branch-and-bound techniques. Primarily written for researchers in computer science, the author presupposes a basic familiarity with complexity theory, and it is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic concepts of random variables and recursive functions. Two successful applications are presented in depth: one is a set of state-space transformation methods which can be used to find approximate solutions quickly, and the second is forward estimation for constructing more informative evaluation functions.
Iterative Methods in Combinatorial Optimization
Author: Lap Chi Lau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139499394
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
With the advent of approximation algorithms for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, several techniques from exact optimization such as the primal-dual method have proven their staying power and versatility. This book describes a simple and powerful method that is iterative in essence and similarly useful in a variety of settings for exact and approximate optimization. The authors highlight the commonality and uses of this method to prove a variety of classical polyhedral results on matchings, trees, matroids and flows. The presentation style is elementary enough to be accessible to anyone with exposure to basic linear algebra and graph theory, making the book suitable for introductory courses in combinatorial optimization at the upper undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Discussions of advanced applications illustrate their potential for future application in research in approximation algorithms.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139499394
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
With the advent of approximation algorithms for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, several techniques from exact optimization such as the primal-dual method have proven their staying power and versatility. This book describes a simple and powerful method that is iterative in essence and similarly useful in a variety of settings for exact and approximate optimization. The authors highlight the commonality and uses of this method to prove a variety of classical polyhedral results on matchings, trees, matroids and flows. The presentation style is elementary enough to be accessible to anyone with exposure to basic linear algebra and graph theory, making the book suitable for introductory courses in combinatorial optimization at the upper undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Discussions of advanced applications illustrate their potential for future application in research in approximation algorithms.
Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems
Author: Yousef Saad
Publisher: SIAM
ISBN: 0898715342
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Mathematics of Computing -- General.
Publisher: SIAM
ISBN: 0898715342
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Mathematics of Computing -- General.
Iterative Design Space Exploration and Robustness Optimization for Embedded Systems
Author: Arne Hamann
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867278199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
ISBN: 3867278199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Heuristic Search
Author: Stefan Edelkamp
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080919731
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
Search has been vital to artificial intelligence from the very beginning as a core technique in problem solving. The authors present a thorough overview of heuristic search with a balance of discussion between theoretical analysis and efficient implementation and application to real-world problems. Current developments in search such as pattern databases and search with efficient use of external memory and parallel processing units on main boards and graphics cards are detailed. Heuristic search as a problem solving tool is demonstrated in applications for puzzle solving, game playing, constraint satisfaction and machine learning. While no previous familiarity with heuristic search is necessary the reader should have a basic knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and calculus. Real-world case studies and chapter ending exercises help to create a full and realized picture of how search fits into the world of artificial intelligence and the one around us. - Provides real-world success stories and case studies for heuristic search algorithms - Includes many AI developments not yet covered in textbooks such as pattern databases, symbolic search, and parallel processing units
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080919731
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 865
Book Description
Search has been vital to artificial intelligence from the very beginning as a core technique in problem solving. The authors present a thorough overview of heuristic search with a balance of discussion between theoretical analysis and efficient implementation and application to real-world problems. Current developments in search such as pattern databases and search with efficient use of external memory and parallel processing units on main boards and graphics cards are detailed. Heuristic search as a problem solving tool is demonstrated in applications for puzzle solving, game playing, constraint satisfaction and machine learning. While no previous familiarity with heuristic search is necessary the reader should have a basic knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and calculus. Real-world case studies and chapter ending exercises help to create a full and realized picture of how search fits into the world of artificial intelligence and the one around us. - Provides real-world success stories and case studies for heuristic search algorithms - Includes many AI developments not yet covered in textbooks such as pattern databases, symbolic search, and parallel processing units
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2013
Author: Kensaku Mori
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642408117
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
The three-volume set LNCS 8149, 8150, and 8151 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2013, held in Nagoya, Japan, in September 2013. Based on rigorous peer reviews, the program committee carefully selected 262 revised papers from 789 submissions for presentation in three volumes. The 95 papers included in the first volume have been organized in the following topical sections: physiological modeling and computer-assisted intervention; imaging, reconstruction, and enhancement; registration; machine learning, statistical modeling, and atlases; computer-aided diagnosis and imaging biomarkers; intraoperative guidance and robotics; microscope, optical imaging, and histology; cardiology, vasculatures and tubular structures; brain imaging and basic techniques; diffusion MRI; and brain segmentation and atlases.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3642408117
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
The three-volume set LNCS 8149, 8150, and 8151 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2013, held in Nagoya, Japan, in September 2013. Based on rigorous peer reviews, the program committee carefully selected 262 revised papers from 789 submissions for presentation in three volumes. The 95 papers included in the first volume have been organized in the following topical sections: physiological modeling and computer-assisted intervention; imaging, reconstruction, and enhancement; registration; machine learning, statistical modeling, and atlases; computer-aided diagnosis and imaging biomarkers; intraoperative guidance and robotics; microscope, optical imaging, and histology; cardiology, vasculatures and tubular structures; brain imaging and basic techniques; diffusion MRI; and brain segmentation and atlases.
Search Methodologies
Author: Edmund K. Burke
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387283560
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This book is a tutorial survey of the methodologies that are at the confluence of several fields: Computer Science, Mathematics and Operations Research. It provides a carefully structured and integrated treatment of the major technologies in optimization and search methodology. The chapter authors are drawn from across Computer Science and Operations Research and include some of the world’s leading authorities in their field. It can be used as a textbook or a reference book to learn and apply these methodologies to a wide range of today’s problems.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387283560
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This book is a tutorial survey of the methodologies that are at the confluence of several fields: Computer Science, Mathematics and Operations Research. It provides a carefully structured and integrated treatment of the major technologies in optimization and search methodology. The chapter authors are drawn from across Computer Science and Operations Research and include some of the world’s leading authorities in their field. It can be used as a textbook or a reference book to learn and apply these methodologies to a wide range of today’s problems.
Scale Space Methods in Computer Vision
Author: Lewis D. Griffin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540449353
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 829
Book Description
The refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Scale Space Methods in Computer Vision, Scale-Space 2003, held at Isle of Skye, UK in June 2003. The 56 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. The book offers topical sections on deep structure representations, scale space mathematics, equivalences, implementing scale spaces, minimal approaches, evolution equations, local structure, image models, morphological scale spaces, temporal scale spaces, shape, and motion and stereo.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540449353
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 829
Book Description
The refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Scale Space Methods in Computer Vision, Scale-Space 2003, held at Isle of Skye, UK in June 2003. The 56 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions. The book offers topical sections on deep structure representations, scale space mathematics, equivalences, implementing scale spaces, minimal approaches, evolution equations, local structure, image models, morphological scale spaces, temporal scale spaces, shape, and motion and stereo.
High Performance Computational Methods for Biological Sequence Analysis
Author: Tieng K. Yap
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461313910
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
High Performance Computational Methods for Biological Sequence Analysis presents biological sequence analysis using an interdisciplinary approach that integrates biological, mathematical and computational concepts. These concepts are presented so that computer scientists and biomedical scientists can obtain the necessary background for developing better algorithms and applying parallel computational methods. This book will enable both groups to develop the depth of knowledge needed to work in this interdisciplinary field. This work focuses on high performance computational approaches that are used to perform computationally intensive biological sequence analysis tasks: pairwise sequence comparison, multiple sequence alignment, and sequence similarity searching in large databases. These computational methods are becoming increasingly important to the molecular biology community allowing researchers to explore the increasingly large amounts of sequence data generated by the Human Genome Project and other related biological projects. The approaches presented by the authors are state-of-the-art and show how to reduce analysis times significantly, sometimes from days to minutes. High Performance Computational Methods for Biological Sequence Analysis is tremendously important to biomedical science students and researchers who are interested in applying sequence analyses to their studies, and to computational science students and researchers who are interested in applying new computational approaches to biological sequence analyses.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461313910
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
High Performance Computational Methods for Biological Sequence Analysis presents biological sequence analysis using an interdisciplinary approach that integrates biological, mathematical and computational concepts. These concepts are presented so that computer scientists and biomedical scientists can obtain the necessary background for developing better algorithms and applying parallel computational methods. This book will enable both groups to develop the depth of knowledge needed to work in this interdisciplinary field. This work focuses on high performance computational approaches that are used to perform computationally intensive biological sequence analysis tasks: pairwise sequence comparison, multiple sequence alignment, and sequence similarity searching in large databases. These computational methods are becoming increasingly important to the molecular biology community allowing researchers to explore the increasingly large amounts of sequence data generated by the Human Genome Project and other related biological projects. The approaches presented by the authors are state-of-the-art and show how to reduce analysis times significantly, sometimes from days to minutes. High Performance Computational Methods for Biological Sequence Analysis is tremendously important to biomedical science students and researchers who are interested in applying sequence analyses to their studies, and to computational science students and researchers who are interested in applying new computational approaches to biological sequence analyses.
Advances in Databases
Author: Brian Lings
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540450335
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
After a decade of major technical and theoretical advancements in the area, the scope for exploitation of database technology has never been greater. Neither has the challenge. This volume contains the proceedings of the 17th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2000), held at the University of Exeter in July 2000. In selecting the quality papers presented here, the programme committee was p- ticularly interested in the demands being made on the technology by emerging application areas, including web applications, push technology, multimedia data, and data warehousing. The concern remains the same: satisfaction of user - quirements on quality and performance. However, with increasing demand for timely access to heterogeneous data distributed on an unregulated Internet, new challenges are presented. Our three invited speakers develop the theme for the conference, considering new dimensions concerning user requirements in accessing distributed, hete- geneous information sources. In the ?rst paper presented here, Gio Wiederhold re?ects on the tension between requirements for, on the one hand, precision and relevance and on the other completeness and recall in relating data from heterogeneous resources. In resolving this tension in favour of the former, he maintains that this will fundamentally a?ect future research directions. Sharma Chakravarthy adds another dimension to the requirement on inf- mation, namely timeliness. He shares a vision of just-in-time information de- vered by a push technology based on reactive capabilities. He maintains that this requires a paradigm shift to a user-centric view of information.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540450335
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
After a decade of major technical and theoretical advancements in the area, the scope for exploitation of database technology has never been greater. Neither has the challenge. This volume contains the proceedings of the 17th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2000), held at the University of Exeter in July 2000. In selecting the quality papers presented here, the programme committee was p- ticularly interested in the demands being made on the technology by emerging application areas, including web applications, push technology, multimedia data, and data warehousing. The concern remains the same: satisfaction of user - quirements on quality and performance. However, with increasing demand for timely access to heterogeneous data distributed on an unregulated Internet, new challenges are presented. Our three invited speakers develop the theme for the conference, considering new dimensions concerning user requirements in accessing distributed, hete- geneous information sources. In the ?rst paper presented here, Gio Wiederhold re?ects on the tension between requirements for, on the one hand, precision and relevance and on the other completeness and recall in relating data from heterogeneous resources. In resolving this tension in favour of the former, he maintains that this will fundamentally a?ect future research directions. Sharma Chakravarthy adds another dimension to the requirement on inf- mation, namely timeliness. He shares a vision of just-in-time information de- vered by a push technology based on reactive capabilities. He maintains that this requires a paradigm shift to a user-centric view of information.