Convergence behavior of evolution strategies on ridge functions
A. Irfan Oyman · 1999
Several people and organizations helped me directly or indirectly in the completion of this work.It does not make sense to distinguish them according to the quantity or quality of their support.Nor the list is limited to the people below who I wanted to mention explicitly.I thank them all because of their patience, keenness, and virtue.My mother Sdka Oyman made lovely and calming comments and gave emotional support.My father Mustafa Kemâl Oyman answered my questions in a concise manner.He was not easy to understand but always available and helpful when needed.I learned many things from them both.My brother Eylem _ Ilker Oyman let me feel that I have a brother, a year younger than me: In the high school, in the university, and in later years: the criticizer of my lifestyle.My brother and I thank to our uncle Halil S. Oyman for giving us our rst computer (Amstrad CPC 6128) as a present.I thank my teachers in ve primary schools I visited.Also my teachers in the high school I visited ( _ Istanbul Lisesi) deserve attention and praise.Dieter Hackenberg (my mathematics teacher) was the one who in uenced my life at most among