The Data Science Lab Spiral Dynamics Optimization with Python Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to implement a geometry-inspired optimization technique called spiral dynamics ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research shows how to implement simulated annealing for the Traveling Salesman Problem (find the best ordering of a set of discrete items). The goal of a combinatorial ...

A thorough understanding of Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus, and strong familiarity with the Python programming language (e.g., basic data manipulation libraries, how to construct functions and ...

Multi-objective evolutionary optimisation techniques harness principles of natural selection to tackle problems involving several, often conflicting, objectives. Rather than seeking a single optimum, ...