Adjusting the novelty thermostat: Courting creative success through judicious randomness

AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report

Volumn SS-08-03, Issue , 2008, Pages 26-33

  Jennings, Kyle E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPBELL; COMPUTER SIMULATIONS; CORRECT TEMPERATURE; CREATIVE SUCCESS; DECISION PROCESSES; FINISHED PRODUCTS; METAHEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION; SELECTIVE RETENTION; TECHNICAL REPORTS;

ANNEALING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 52449085036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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