Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.

Abstract: Influence maximization (IM) aims to select a seed set of users that maximizes the expected influence spread and is a fundamental problem in social network analysis. The dynamic and complex ...

As a resource specialist program teacher, I often work with students who know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide during isolated math practice, but completely freeze when those same skills ...