Performance evaluation of increasingly complex human-made systems requires the use of simulation models. However, these systems are difficult to describe and capture by succinct mathematical models. The purpose of this book is to address the difficulties of the optimization of complex systems via simulation models or other computation-intensive models involving possible stochastic effects and discrete choices. This book establishes distinct advantages of the "softer" ordinal approach for search-based type problems, analyzes its general properties, and shows the many orders of magnitude improvement in computational efficiency that is possible.

Book Information
ISBN 9780387372327
Author Yu-Chi Ho
Format Hardback
Page Count 317
Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Weight(grams) 670g