random search

collocation in English

meaningsofrandomandsearch

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random
adjective
uk
/ˈræn.dəm/
us
/ˈræn.dəm/
happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to ...
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search
noun
uk
/sɜːtʃ/
us
/sɝːtʃ/
an attempt to find someone ...
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(Definition ofrandomandsearchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrandom search

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Underrandomsearch, every new platform generated is considered one unit of campaign length.
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With a high mutation rate, the algorithm approaches that of an unguidedrandomsearch.
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As a matter of fact, a 50% choice of the mutation probability is equivalent to making a purerandomsearch.
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As no explanation has hitherto been given for such a distribution, this resulted in arandomsearchfor new deposits.
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The great variation of the results obtained show that this problem would be very difficult to solve with purerandomsearch, or with brute-force techniques.
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All parameterizations lying in the space above that line support only the corner outcome withrandomsearch, e = 1 (monetary or not).
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Hill-climbing andrandomsearchare similar in that they both randomly sample from their current best-known position and move to better positions.
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First, they generated some points by therandomsearchmethod, and the best of them were stored and used as the starting points for the sequential search procedure.
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Here, we userandomsearchmethod to find these initial conditions, but in the future works we shall present an analytical method to find these initial conditions.
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By considering dynamics on a correlated landscape, we have shown here how a glassyrandomsearchis a feasible folding mechanism for some very slow folding proteins.
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There is arandomsearchof perhaps one in three or one in five bags.
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Therefore, we are not dealing with the realms ofrandomsearch, either for the general public or for any individual.
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The proportion of transpositions and 3-cycles is negligible in the symmetric and alternating groups, so arandomsearchwill find one of them only with very low probability.
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The optimization methods often used are gradient-based which do not guarantee conversion to a solution,randomsearch, or hybrid methods which attempt to incorporate the best of each approach.
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I am not aware of any responsible body or person having suggested that the police should have powers ofrandomsearch.
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If it is not on the basis of intelligence that would automatically lead to suspicion, it is either arandomsearchor not.
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If it is set too high, the search will turn into a primitiverandomsearch.
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There cannot be arandomsearchbecause of the safeguard that before there can be a search a warrant must be issued by a justice of the peace.
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This population is then selected in a guidedrandomsearchusing parallel processing to achieve the desired end.
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