Tim_Tyler comments on Optimization - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 13 September 2008 04:00PM

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Comment author: Tim_Tyler 13 September 2008 06:37:58PM 0 points [-]

If you attempt to quantify the "power" of an optimisation process - without any attempt to factor in the number of evaluations required, the time taken, or the resources used - the "best" algorithm is usually an exhaustive search.