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Experimental Comparisons of Derivative Free Optimization Algorithms
In this paper, the performances of the quasi-Newton BFGS algorithm, the
NEWUOA derivative free optimizer, the Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution
Strategy (CMA-ES), the Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm and Particle Swarm
Optimizers (PSO) are compared experimentally on benchmark functions reflecting
important challenges encountered in real-world optimization problems.
Dependence of the performances in the conditioning of the problem and
rotational invariance of the algorithms are in particular investigated.Comment: 8th International Symposium on Experimental Algorithms, Dortmund :
Germany (2009
An Account of a Mormon Family\u27s Conversion to the Religion of the Latter Day Saints and of Their Trip From Denmark to Utah
An Account of a Mormon Family\u27s Conversion to the Religion of the Latter Day Saints and of Their Trip From Denmark to Utah
Quasi-Optimal Filtering in Inverse Problems
A way of constructing a nonlinear filter close to the optimal Kolmogorov -
Wiener filter is proposed within the framework of the statistical approach to
inverse problems. Quasi-optimal filtering, which has no Bayesian assumptions,
produces stable and efficient solutions by relying solely on the internal
resources of the inverse theory. The exact representation is given of the
Feasible Region for inverse solutions that follows from the statistical
consideration.Comment: 9 pages, 240 K
What it takes to measure a fundamental difference between dark matter and baryons: the halo velocity anisotropy
Numerous ongoing experiments aim at detecting WIMP dark matter particles from
the galactic halo directly through WIMP-nucleon interactions. Once such a
detection is established a confirmation of the galactic origin of the signal is
needed. This requires a direction-sensitive detector. We show that such a
detector can measure the velocity anisotropy beta of the galactic halo.
Cosmological N-body simulations predict the dark matter anisotropy to be
nonzero, beta~0.2. Baryonic matter has beta=0 and therefore a detection of a
nonzero beta would be strong proof of the fundamental difference between dark
and baryonic matter. We estimate the sensitivity for various detector
configurations using Monte Carlo methods and we show that the strongest signal
is found in the relatively few high recoil energy events. Measuring beta to the
precision of ~0.03 will require detecting more than 10^4 WIMP events with
nuclear recoil energies greater than 100 keV for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV and a
32S target. This number corresponds to ~10^6 events at all energies. We discuss
variations with respect to input parameters and we show that our method is
robust to the presence of backgrounds and discuss the possible improved
sensitivity for an energy-sensitive detector.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, accepted by JCAP. Matches accepted versio
Parametric vision simulation study, part 2 Final report
Effects of landing site redesignation on visibility during manned lunar landin
The health state preferences and logistical inconsistencies of New Zealanders: a tale of two tariffs
Notwithstanding the proposed use of Cost-Utility Analysis (CUA) to inform health care priority setting in New Zealand, to date there has been no research into New Zealanders’ valuations of health-related quality of life. This paper reports the results of a study of the health state preferences of adult New Zealanders generated from a postal survey to which 1360 people responded (a 50% response rate). The survey employed a self-completed questionnaire in which a selection of health states were described using the EQ-5D health state classification system and respondents’ valuations were sought using a visual analogue scale (VAS). Close attention is paid to the quality of the data, in particular to the ‘logical inconsistencies’ in respondents’ valuations. Regression analysis is used to interpolate values over the 245 possible EQ-5D states. Two tariffs of health state preferences, arising from contrasting treatments of the logical inconsistencies, are reported.New Zealand, EuroQol, EQ-5D
Statistical Description of Hydrodynamic Processes in Ionic Melts with taking into account Polarization Effects
Statistical description of hydrodynamic processes for ionic melts is proposed
with taking into account polarization effects caused by the deformation of
external ionic shells. This description is carried out by means of the Zubarev
nonequilibrium statistical operator method, appropriate for investigations of
both strong and weak nonequilibrium processes. The nonequilibrium statistical
operator and the generalized hydrodynamic equations that take into account
polarization processes are received for ionic-polarization model of ionic
molten salts when the nonequilibrium averaged values of densities of ions
number, their momentum, dipole momentum and total energy are chosen for the
reduced description parameters. A spectrum of collective excitations is
investigated within the viscoelastic approximation for ion-polarization model
of ionic melts.Comment: 24 pages, RevTex4.1-format, no figure
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