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cond-mat.stat-mech2003★ 5 cited
Product Distribution Field Theory
David H. Wolpert
This paper presents a novel way to approximate a distribution governing a system of coupled particles with a product of independent distributions. The approach is an extension of m…
math.OC2003★ 23 cited
Improving Search Algorithms by Using Intelligent Coordinates
David Wolpert, Kagan Tumer, Esfandiar Bandari
We consider the problem of designing a set of computational agents so that as they all pursue their self-interests a global function G of the collective system is optimized. Three…
cond-mat.dis-nn2003
Collectives for the Optimal Combination of Imperfect Objects
Kagan Tumer, David Wolpert
In this letter we summarize some recent theoretical work on the design of collectives, i.e., of systems containing many agents, each of which can be viewed as trying to maximize an…