{"product_id":"9783540201038","title":"Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications","description":"The second Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms, Foundations and Applications (SAGA 2003),took place on September 22-23,2003, in Hat?eld, England.The present volume comprises 12 contributed papers and 3 invited talks. The contributed papers included in the proceedings present results in the following areas: ant colony optimization; randomized algorithmsfor the intersection problem; - cal search for constraint satisfaction problems; randomized local search methods for combinatorial optimization, in particular, simulated annealing techniques; probabilistic global search algorithms; network communication complexity; open shop scheduling; aircraft routing; traf?c control; randomized straight-line programs; and stochastic - tomata and probabilistic transformations. TheinvitedtalkbyRolandKirschnerprovidesabriefintroductiontoquantuminf- matics. The requirements and the prospects of the physical implementation of a qu- tum computer are addressed. Lucila Ohno-Machado and Winston P.Kuo describe the factors that make the an- ysis of high-throughput gene expression data especially challenging, and indicate why properly evaluated stochastic algorithms can play a particularly important role in this process. John Vaccaro et al. review a fundamental element of quantum information theory, source coding, which entails the compression of quantum data. A recent experiment that demonstrates this fundamental principle is presented and discussed. Our special thanks go to all who supported SAGA 2003, to all authors who subm- ted papers, to the members of the program committee, to the invited speakers, and to the members of the organizing committee. Andreas Albrecht Kathleen Steinhofel .. Organization SAGA2003wasorganizedbytheUniversityofHertfordshire,DepartmentofComputer Science, Hat?eld, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, United Kingdom.","brand":"Andreas Albrecht","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47590405407038,"sku":"9783540201038","price":1537.57,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9783540201038.jpg?v=1707721366","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9783540201038","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}