Ravi Varadhan

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Can anyone help with sufficiency of Strong Wolfe conditions?

I have a question on the convergence of optimization schemes for minimizing smooth, possibly non-convex functions. Can the popular schemes such as Newton, quasi-Newton, and conjugate gradient...

17 January 2014 3,759 2 View

Can someone point me to the appropriate literature on modeling approaches for ranking service units that considers multiple criteria?

The criteria could be subdivided into two classes: costs for various types of services and outcomes. These two classes are competing in the sense that outcomes can be improved by increasing the...

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