Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications: International Symposium, SAGA 2001 Berlin, Germany, December 13-14, 2001 Proceedings

SAGA 2001, the first Symposium on Shastic Algorithms, Foundations and Applications, took place on December 13–14, 2001 in Berlin, Germany. The present volume comprises contributed papers and four invited talks that were included in the final program of the symposium. Shastic algorithms constitute a general approach to finding approximate solutions to a wide variety of problems. Although there is no formal proof that shastic algorithms perform better than deterministic ones, there is evidenc...