Differential Calculus: Construction of the Tangent to a Parabola: 2.1: An applet illustrating how the tangent to a parabola is obtained through successive secant lines. Functions with Corners: 2.1: ...

The Data Science Lab. Spiral Dynamics Optimization with Python. Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research explains how to implement a geometry-inspired optimization technique called spiral dynamics ...

Examples include bio-inspired optimization techniques such as genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization and geometry-inspired techniques such as Nelder-Mead and spiral dynamics. This article ...