Dantzig's simplex algorithm (or simplex method) is a popular algorithm for linear programming.[failed verification] The name of the algorithm is derived...
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Nelder–Mead method (redirect from Downhill simplex method)
we shrink the simplex towards a better point. An intuitive explanation of the algorithm from "Numerical Recipes": The downhill simplex method now takes...
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mathematical optimization, the network simplex algorithm is a graph theoretic specialization of the simplex algorithm. The algorithm is usually formulated in terms...
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difference. "Enhanced GJK" algorithms use edge information to speed up the algorithm by following edges when looking for the next simplex. This improves performance...
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designed the algorithm in 2001 to address the limitations of his classic noise function, especially in higher dimensions. The advantages of simplex noise over...
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0-dimensional simplex is a point, a 1-dimensional simplex is a line segment, a 2-dimensional simplex is a triangle, a 3-dimensional simplex is a tetrahedron...
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Linear programming (redirect from Algorithms for linear programming)
solution by posing the problem as a linear program and applying the simplex algorithm. The theory behind linear programming drastically reduces the number...
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programming, the criss-cross algorithm pivots between a sequence of bases but differs from the simplex algorithm. The simplex algorithm first finds a (primal-)...
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optimization heuristic algorithms (simulated annealing, particle swarm optimization, genetic algorithm) and two direct search algorithms (simplex search, pattern...
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Interior-point method (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
polynomial—in contrast to the simplex method, which has exponential run-time in the worst case. Practically, they run as fast as the simplex method—in contrast to...
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Big M method (section Algorithm)
solving linear programming problems using the simplex algorithm. The Big M method extends the simplex algorithm to problems that contain "greater-than" constraints...
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engineering and computer science, Lloyd's algorithm, also known as Voronoi iteration or relaxation, is an algorithm named after Stuart P. Lloyd for finding...
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Klee–Minty cube (category Analysis of algorithms)
been perturbed. Klee and Minty demonstrated that George Dantzig's simplex algorithm has poor worst-case performance when initialized at one corner of...
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Bland's rule (redirect from Bland's Algorithm)
With Bland's rule, the simplex algorithm solves feasible linear optimization problems without cycling. The original simplex algorithm starts with an arbitrary...
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surrounding simplex noise, while likewise avoiding the visually-significant directional artifacts characteristic of Perlin noise. The algorithm shares numerous...
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Mathematical optimization (redirect from Optimization algorithm)
iterates need not converge). Simplex algorithm of George Dantzig, designed for linear programming Extensions of the simplex algorithm, designed for quadratic...
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optimal solutions. There are algorithms that can solve any problem in this category, such as the popular simplex algorithm. Problems that can be solved...
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solution quickly, and can then use branching towards the end. The simplex algorithm is able to solve proper Sudokus, indicating if the Sudoku is not valid...
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optimization, the revised simplex method is a variant of George Dantzig's simplex method for linear programming. The revised simplex method is mathematically...
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computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems...
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Hill climbing (redirect from Hill-climbing algorithm)
(the search space). Examples of algorithms that solve convex problems by hill-climbing include the simplex algorithm for linear programming and binary...
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In mathematics and computing, the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm (LMA or just LM), also known as the damped least-squares (DLS) method, is used to solve...
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Smoothed analysis (category Analysis of algorithms)
program using the simplex algorithm is exponential, although the observed number of steps in practice is roughly linear. The simplex algorithm is in fact much...
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Limited-memory BFGS (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
is an optimization algorithm in the family of quasi-Newton methods that approximates the Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno algorithm (BFGS) using a limited...
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Look up simplex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Simplex may refer to: List of species named simplex, a common species name Herpes simplex, a viral...
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problem and also that it can be solved efficiently using the network simplex algorithm. A flow network is a directed graph G = ( V , E ) {\displaystyle G=(V...
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Metaheuristic (redirect from Meta-algorithm)
designed to find, generate, tune, or select a heuristic (partial search algorithm) that may provide a sufficiently good solution to an optimization problem...
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computer science and operations research, approximation algorithms are efficient algorithms that find approximate solutions to optimization problems...
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Integer programming (redirect from Lenstra's algorithm)
solution is integral. Consequently, the solution returned by the simplex algorithm is guaranteed to be integral. To show that every basic feasible solution...
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The water-filling algorithm is a technique used in digital communications systems for allocating power among different channels in multicarrier schemes...
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