Concepts of Metaheuristics

Training algorithms for Neural Networks from Mrinmoy Majumder A tutorial on Conjugate Gradient Descent and Newton's Method.Go through the PPT and see if you can understand the concept and apply the same.If not do reply me.

Can you provide me a feedback on the following tutorial ? How to optimize with the help of the Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO) Technique and xlOptimizer ? This brief tutorial will help you to solve any optimization problem with the application of Particle Swarm Optimization Method and xl addin : xlOptimizer. After a brief introduction about PSO the tutorial show you the steps that you will need to follow for application of PSO in optimization even if you do not know any programming with the help of xlOptimizer.(Some basic knowledge of MS Excel 2010 and later is required). Introduction to particle swarm optimization from Mrinmoy Majumder

It is not that Microsoft is one and only developer of power point applications.Many other companies also produce such type of applications. 1. Impress Second most popular presentation tool next to MS PowerPoint.Comes with the Openoffice suite of productivity softwares.Completely free.You will find nearly all the features of MS PowerPoint in Impress .You will also find a diagram-drawer,slide manager etc.The main problem of Impress is that you can not convert a Impress presentation into MS Powerpoint one.You need Impress in your computer to open a presentation made in Impress. 2. ThinkFree Show ThinkFree Desktop(also has a Online and Portable version) is the compatible alternative to Microsoft® Office. It includes ThinkFree Write (word processing), ThinkFree Calc (spreadsheet), and ThinkFree Show (presentation) applications that let you create, edit, and update your documents.Its online version is similar to Google Docs .The ThinkFree Presentation viewer is an awesome tool to share your...