Web Page for Ron Shonkwiler

Fractal Rock Signatures (postscript)
Fractal Rock Signatures (pdf format)

  • Test yourself on complex arithmetic
  • A Complex Function Plotter.

  • Test yourself on matrix algebra
  • Test yourself on matrix column space
  • Test yourself on linear systems

    Announcing

    Yeargers, Shonkwiler, Herod: The Mathematics of Biology
    from Birkhauser

    Some “Maple” (release 3) codes from the book:

    Some java applets related to cancer modeling.

    SMC 98 Conference Paper

    Annealing a Genetic Algorithm over a Constraint (postscript)
    Annealing a Genetic Algorithm over a Constraint (pdf)

    JCIS 97 Conference Paper

    An Analysis of some Stochastic Optimization Methods

    Selected pre-prints available online.

    Stochastic Optimization:

    F. Mendivil, R. Shonkwiler and M.C. Spruill
    Restarting Search Algorithms with Applications to the Traveling Salesman Problem (ps)

    F. Mendivil, R. Shonkwiler and M.C. Spruill
    Restarting Search Algorithms with Applications to Simulated Annealing (ps)

    Restarting Search Algorithms with Applications to Simulated Annealing (pdf)
    X. Hu, R. Shonkwiler and M. C. Spruill
    Iterative Improvement plus Random Restart Stochastic Search (ps)
    Iterative Improvement plus Random Restart Stochastic Search (pdf)

    Susan E. Carlson, R. Shonkwiler, Abdul F. Sani, and Mustafa M. Aral
    Annealing a Genetic Algorithm over Constraints

    X. Hu, R. Shonkwiler and M. C. Spruill
    Random Restarts in Global Optimization
    AMS Subject Classification: Primary 65K10
    Math: 1192-015

    X. Hu, R. Shonkwiler, and M. C. Spruill
    Approximate Speedup by Independent Identical Processing
    AMS Subject Classification: 93E23
    Math: 0594-011

    A. Deliu, F. Mendivil, and R. Shonkwiler
    Genetic Algorithms for the 1-D Inverse Fractal Problem (postscript)
    Genetic Algorithms for the 1-D Inverse Fractal Problem (pdf)

    A. Deliu, F. Mendivil, and R. Shonkwiler
    A Numerical Solution of the One Dimensional Inverse Fractal Problem

    R. Shonkwiler
    Parallel Genetic Algorithms(postscript)
    Parallel Genetic Algorithms (pdf)

    R. Shonkwiler and Eric Van Vleck
    Parallel Speedup of Monte Carlo Methods for Global Optimization

    Mathematical Biology:

    Sylvanus Aneke and R. Shonkwiler
    Some Mathematical Models for Malaria

    Neural Networks:

    R. Shonkwiler
    Separating the Vertices of N-Cubes by Hyperplanes and its Application to Artificial Neural Networks
    AMS Subject Classification: 52B30, 82C32
    Math: 0294-007

    Carlos Cabrelli, Ursala Molter, R. Shonkwiler
    A Constructive Solution to the Two-Layer Perceptron Problem for Feed Forward Artificial Neural Networks

    Hausdorff Distance Calculation:

    Carlos Cabrelli, Ursala Molter, Eugene Belogay, R. Shonkwiler
    Calculating the Hausdorff Distance Between Curves

    Fractal Geometry:

    A. Deliu, J. Geronimo, and R. Shonkwiler
    On the Inverse Fractal Problem for Two Dimensional Disjoint Polyhulled Attractors
    AMS Subject Classification: 28A80, 51D20, 60G18, 68U10, 82C41
    Math: 0394-008

    Class Notes for certain courses

    SGI Origin compiler notes (postscript) (pdf)
    Thread notes from SunSoft

    Ga Tech High Performance Computing (HPC) Center Information

    Monte Carlo Methods

    Class notes(ps)
    Class notes(pdf)
    Optimization by Stochastic Methods(ps)
    Optimization by Stochastic Methods(pdf)

    A hello World applet

    If you have trouble downloading any of the preceding, send me e-mail   shonkwiler@math.gatech.edu

    Last modified: 9 Nov 2004

    Making a web page hit counter

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