Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research uses full code samples to detail an evolutionary algorithm technique that apparently hasn't been published before. The goal of a combinatorial optimization ...

This note deals with the manner in which dynamic problems, involving probabilistic constraints, may be tackled using the ideas of Lagrange multipliers and efficient solutions. Both the infinite and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract One of the important determinants of fertility is the value of children as perceived by parents. This paper estimates gender- and age-specific ...