Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications

Prospects of Quantum Informatics.- A Converging ACO Algorithm for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization.- Optimality of Randomized Algorithms for the Intersection Problem.- Stochastic Algorithms for Gene Expression Analysis.- Analysis of a Randomized Local Search Algorithm for LDPCC Decoding Problem.- Testing a Simulated Annealing Algorithm in a Classification Problem.- Global Search through Sampling Using a PDF.- Simulated Annealing for Optimal Pivot Selection in Jacobian Accumulation.- Quantum Data Compression.- Who'sThe Weakest Link?.- On the Stochastic Open Shop Problem.- Global Optimization - Stochastic or Deterministic?.- Two-Component Traffic Modelled by Cellular Automata: Imposing Passing Restrictions on Slow Vehicles Increases the Flow.- Average-Case Complexity of Partial Boolean Functions.- Classes of Binary Rational Distributions Closed under Discrete Transformations.