Cross‐Entropy Method

The cross-entropy method is a recent versatile Monte Carlo technique. This article provides a brief introduction to the cross-entropy method and discusses how it can be used for rare-event probability estimation and for solving combinatorial, continuous, constrained and noisy optimization problems. A comprehensive list of references on cross-entropy methods and applications is included.

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