Tag: operational research

  • Optimization (4/n): Genetic Algorithm(s) (1/m)

    Intro This time around, I keep going studying and implementing optimization algorithms, based on the already mentioned reference book, and I want to work on a slightly different family of these, now a full blown “metaheuristic” in fact, called “Genetic Algorithms”. As this one is a bit different, I will take my time, and go…

  • Optimization (3/n): Simulated Annealing

    Intro Continuing with this simple “series” (see here and here), I implement the next algorithm proposed by the reference book, but in R. This time around, it’s the turn of “Simulated Annealing”. Nice parallel I like how the concept of molecules excitement and temperatures is used for this algorithm. All in all, it’s a bit…

  • Optimization (2/n): Gradient Descent

    Intro So I keep going with the reference book for a while. BTW, the book can be found here (NOT a referral or anything, I don’t make money out of this, it’s just a pointer to one place you can find it). And yes, the book is in Spanish… So one of the first algorithms…