TY - CHAP AU - Ravi K. Nandigam AU - Sangtae Kim ED - Ioannis Dritsas Y1 - 2011-02-28 PY - 2011 T1 - Understanding Protein-Ligand Interactions Using Simulated Annealing in Dimensionally Reduced Fingerprint Representation N2 - Stochastic Optimization Algorithms have become essential tools in solving a wide range of difficult and critical optimization problems. Such methods are able to find the optimum solution of a problem with uncertain elements or to algorithmically incorporate uncertainty to solve a deterministic problem. They even succeed in fighting uncertainty with uncertainty. This book discusses theoretical aspects of many such algorithms and covers their application in various scientific fields. BT - Stochastic Optimization SP - Ch. 11 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/14457 DO - 10.5772/14457 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-05-10 ER -