%0 Journal Article
%T A Short Introduction to Stochastic Optimization
%A Ombach, Jerzy
%J Schedae Informaticae
%V 2014
%R 10.4467/20838476SI.14.001.3018
%N Volume 23
%P 9-20
%K global optimization, stochastic algorithm, random search, convergence of metaheuristics
%@ 1732-3916
%D 2015
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/schedae-informaticae/article/a-short-introduction-to-stochastic-optimization
%X 
	We present some typical algorithms used for finding global minimum/ maximum of a function defined on a compact finite dimensional set, discuss commonly observed procedures for assessing and comparing the algorithms’ performance and quote theoretical results on convergence of a broad class of stochastic algorithms.