[R] Fortune? -- was Re: optim with simulated annealing SANN ...

[Bert Gunter]

Folks:

I thought John Nash's comment below was profound and a possible
Fortunes candidate:
(Aside: I believe it applies to a great deal of what is discussed on
this list, not just stochastic optimization.)

Cheers,
Bert

... (in the context of stochastic optimization)
>...  As with many tools in this domain, for effective use they
> require more knowledge than many of their users possess, and can be dangerous because they
> seem to "work".
>
> JN
>
-- 

Bert Gunter
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