19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence - Vol.1 (ICTAI 2007)
M2ICAL: A Tool for Analyzing Imperfect Comparison Algorithms
Paris, France
October 29-October 31
ISBN: 0-7695-3015-X
Practical optimization problems often have objective func- tions that cannot be easily calculated. As a result, comparison-based algorithms that solve such problems use comparison functions that are imperfect (i.e. they may make errors). Machine learning algorithms that search for game-playing programs are typically imperfect compar- ison algorithms. This paper presents M2ICAL, an algo- rithm analysis tool that uses Monte Carlo simulations to derive a Markov Chain model for Imperfect Comparison ALgorithms. Once an algorithm designer has modeled an algorithm using M2ICAL as a Markov chain, it can be ana- lyzed using existing Markov chain theory. Information that can be extracted from the Markov chain include the esti- mated solution quality after a given number of iterations; the standard deviation of the solutions' quality; and the time to convergence.
Citation:
Wee-Chong Oon, Martin Henz, "M2ICAL: A Tool for Analyzing Imperfect Comparison Algorithms," ictai, vol. 1, pp.28-35, 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence - Vol.1 (ICTAI 2007), 2007