"What's the difference between mathematical optimization and machine learning?" This is a question that — as the CEO of a mathematical optimization software company — I get asked all the time.

Today’s feature focuses on Stanislaw Zak, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his book, “An Introduction to Optimization: With Applications to Machine Learning, 5th Edition.” A new ...

The function f(x) = 1.0 / (1.0 + exp(-x)) is called ... The main advantage of evolutionary optimization is that, unlike many machine learning training algorithms, it does not require a Calculus ...

With Bayesian optimization, you know there is a function in the world and it is in a black box ... set of inputs might be to get a desired output. The trick is to use machine learning training to ...

Optimization and statistics are everywhere, touching all engineering disciplines in an ever more sophisticated way. Nowhere are they more important than in the rapidly evolving field of machine ...

Molecular machine learning (ML) underpins critical workflows in drug discovery, material science, and catalyst optimization ...

(23 pp., PDF, no opt-in) 2017 Honeywell User’s Group. Automating inventory optimization using machine learning has improved service levels by 16% while simultaneously increasing inventory turns ...