The focus is on black-box optimization of a function f : RN R given as a black box, i. e. an oracle for f-evaluations. This is commonly called direct search, and in fact, most meth...
: We present a model consisting of an emergent procedure for n unpiloted, autonomous flying munitions to cooperatively conduct a parallel sweeping search of a geographic area for s...
Joseph Schlecht, Karl Altenburg, Benzir Md Ahmed, ...
We motivate and analyse a new Tree Search algorithm, based on recent advances in the use of Gaussian Processes for bandit problems. We assume that the function to maximise on the ...
Web search is challenging partly due to the fact that search queries and Web documents use different language styles and vocabularies. This paper provides a quantitative analysis ...
—Mobile cooperative sensor networks are increasingly used for surveillance and reconnaissance tasks to support domain picture compilation. However, efficient distributed informat...