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So is he proposing simulated annealing for finding the best occupation in one's life ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing http://en.wikipedia.org/
by mitko 17y ago
So is he proposing simulated annealing for finding the best occupation in one's life ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing
A person looking for for purpose in life might have much more limitations than a hill climbing algorithm. He/she also has different advantages than such algorithm, so I do not think this is very good analogy.
- euccastro 17y agoOne crucial advantage is that we have the examples of others to follow or avoid. In this respect, particle swarm optimization (as referred to in another comment in this post [1]) may be a better model. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=832163 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=832163
- billswift 17y agoThe actual algorithms wouldn't be useful, but the general idea of a "field" with a lot of local optima that you have to choose between or navigate around is a useful visualization to help you think about where you are going versus where you want to be going.