I am generating random weight as per e.g. below. The I generate a set of 3 values say 100, 250, 300 and I multiple them with the weights belowInitial population.  1. 0.1 0.7 0.22. 0.4 0.5 0.13. 0.3 0.5 0.24. 0.6 0.1 0.35  0.3 0.3 0.46. 0.2 0.2 0.6Multiplication of weight1. 0.1*100 + 0.7*250 + 0.2*300 = 2452. 0.4*100 + 0.5*250 + 0.1*300 = 1953. 0.3*100 + 0.5*250 + 0.2*300 = 2154. 0.6*100 + 0.1*250 + 0.3*300 = 1755. 0.3*100 + 0.3*250 + 0.4*300 = 2256. 0.2*100 + 0.2*250 + 0.6*300 = 250So after the multiplication we selected the individual 6 as the best combination of weights. This method works fine for us but we are trying to link it to any available algorithm. Does this algorithm have a specific name? Any idea or help on this?  Is this not a genetic algorithm?
What is the name of the optimization algorithm that uses random sampling?
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