2015/06/06 by Michael D. Vose, Vose, Michael D.
Engineering · Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #Functional Analysis (math.FA) #Optimization and Control (math.OC) #Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies #math.FA #math.OC
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.00581
arxiv created 2015/06/06 · openalex publication_date 2015/06/06 · arxiv updated 2015/07/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Stemming from a paper of Auger and Teytaud, there is a common misconception that for continuous domains No Free Lunch (NFL) does not hold. However, Rowe, Vose, and Wright have demonstrated that NFL holds for arbitrary domains and co-domains. This paper resolves the apparent contradiction.