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Online variants of the cross-entropy method

Machine Learning 2008-01-15 v1

Abstract

The cross-entropy method is a simple but efficient method for global optimization. In this paper we provide two online variants of the basic CEM, together with a proof of convergence.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0801.1988,
  title  = {Online variants of the cross-entropy method},
  author = {Istvan Szita and Andras Lorincz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1988},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages

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