The Cross-Entropy Method
Subtitle: A Unified Approach to Combinatorial Optimization, Monte-Carlo Simulation and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 28, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780387212401
First sentence: The purpose of this preparatory chapter is to provide some initial background for this book, including a summary of the relevant definitions and concepts in probability, statistics, simulation and information theory.