Click and Read! Free Access: Continuous and Discrete Global #Surrogate #Optimization

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2017.01.039Just click and read! Everybody can use the following personal article link, which will provide free access to the article “Model-based methods for continuous and discrete global optimization” (Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, Martin Zaefferer), and is valid for 50 days, until April 11, 2017:
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Ub295aecSVmv2

Here are some highlights:

  • Up-to-date survey and comprehensive taxonomy of surrogate model based optimization algorithms.
  • Covers continuous and discrete/combinatorial search spaces.
  • Presents six strategies for dealing with discrete data structures.
  • New strategy for model selection and combination in surrogate model-based optimization.
  • Outlook on important challenges (model selection, dimensionality, benchmarks, definiteness) and research directions.

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