Fortune? -- was Re: optim with simulated annealing SANN ...
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Bert Gunter wrote:
Folks: I thought John Nash's comment below was profound and a possible Fortunes candidate: (Aside: I believe it applies to a great deal of what is discussed on this list, not just stochastic optimization.)
Thanks for the pointer, very true indeed - and now also in the devel version of "fortunes" on R-Forge Best, Z
Cheers, Bert ... (in the context of stochastic optimization)
... As with many tools in this domain, for effective use they require more knowledge than many of their users possess, and can be dangerous because they seem to "work". JN
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