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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