Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION) is the combination of learning from data and optimization applied to solve complex and dynamic problems. The LION way is about increasing the automation level and connecting data directly to decisions and actions. More power is directly in the hands of decision makers in a self-service manner, without resorting to intermediate layers of data scientists. LION is a complex array of mechanisms, like the engine in an automobile, but the user (driver) does not need to know the inner workings of the engine in order to realize its tremendous benefits. LION's adoption will create a prairie fire of innovation which will reach most businesses in the next decades. Businesses, like plants in wildfire-prone ecosystems, will survive and prosper by adapting and embracing LION techniques, or they risk being transformed from giant trees to ashes by the spreading competition.

【作者簡介】

羅伯托·巴蒂蒂（Roberto Battiti）

人工智能領域先驅，IEEE會士。因在無功搜索優化（RSO）方嚮做齣瞭開創性的工作而名震學界。 目前為意大利特倫托大學教授，同時擔任特倫托大學機器學習與智能優化實驗室（LION lab）主任。

毛羅·布魯納托（Mauro Brunato）

意大利特倫托大學助理教授，LION研究團隊成員。

【譯者簡介】

王彧弋

博士，現於瑞士蘇黎世聯邦理工學院從事研究工作，主要研究方嚮為理論計算機科學與機器學習。