• DocumentCode
    1626346
  • Title

    A statistical method for global optimization

  • Author

    Cox, Dennis D. ; John, Susan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Stat., Illinois Univ., Champaign, IL, USA
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    1241
  • Abstract
    An algorithm for finding global optima using statistical prediction is presented. Assuming a random function model, lower confidence bounds on predicted values are used for sequential selection of evaluation points and as a convergence criterion. Comparison with published results for several test functions indicates that the procedure is very efficient in finding the global optimum of a multimodal function, and in terminating with relatively few evaluations
  • Keywords
    optimisation; search problems; statistical analysis; convergence criterion; evaluation point sequential selection; global optimization; lower confidence bounds; multimodal function; random function model; statistical prediction; Concurrent computing; Convergence; Linear algebra; Optimization methods; Predictive models; Search methods; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Stochastic processes; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1992., IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0720-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.1992.271617
  • Filename
    271617