module that tries to solve equations

2002-06-04 Thread gidon
or rather from a programmer's perspective it tries to find a set of parameters for a function such that that function equals a particular value. I hope to add this to CPAN if you guys think it's worthwhile. What I need to figure out is what to call it and where to put it. I think it is AI

RE: module that tries to solve equations

2002-06-04 Thread Ala Qumsieh
Gidon writes: > or rather from a programmer's perspective it tries to find a set of > parameters for a function such that that function equals a particular > value. Sounds like a minimization algorithm. > I hope to add this to CPAN if you guys think it's worthwhile. I looked through the code

RE: module that tries to solve equations

2002-06-04 Thread gidon
The algorithm: Find x such that f(x) == 10 set x to 0 While f(x) is approximately 10 try x a bit higher try x bit lower which ever is closer use the concept of a bit higher and lower is by default trying to jump into the middle of domain, but you can also provide function that uses

Re: module that--A State Space Search module

2002-06-04 Thread gidon
I changed the module into a state space search module. It does the same thing and it is now more general so it does more. http://www.gidon.com/scratch/state_space_search.pm.txt Thanks for the feedback. With your help I realized that what I was really doing was a state space search. And so wit