| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 648 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
International series in operations research & management science ; v. 146 |
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International series in operations research & management science ; v. 146.
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| Contents |
Preface; Preface to First Edition; Contents; Contributors; 1 Simulated Annealing; 2 Tabu Search; 3 Variable Neighborhood Search; 4 Scatter Search and Path-Relinking: Fundamentals, Advances, and Applications; 5 Genetic Algorithms; 6 A Modern Introduction to Memetic Algorithms; 7 Genetic Programming; 8 Ant Colony Optimization: Overview and Recent Advances; 9 Advanced Multi-start Methods; 10 Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures: Advances, Hybridizations, and Applications; 11 Guided Local Search; 12 Iterated Local Search: Framework and Applications; 13 Large Neighborhood Search |
| Summary |
The first edition of the "Handbook of Metaheuristics" was published in 2003 under the editorship of Fred Glover and Gary A. Kochenberger. Given the numerous developments observed in the field of metaheuristics in recent years, it appeared that the time was ripe for a second edition of the Handbook. When Glover and Kochenberger were unable to prepare this second edition, they suggested that Michel Gendreau and Jean-Yves Potvin should take over the editorship, and so this important new edition is now available. Through its 21 chapters, this second edition is designed to provide a broad |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Mathematical optimization -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Operations research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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MATHEMATICS -- Optimization.
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Affaires.
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Science économique.
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Economie de l'entreprise.
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Optimización matemática
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Mathematical optimization
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Operations research
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gendreau, Michel, 1955-
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Potvin, Jean-Yves
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| ISBN |
9781441916655 |
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1441916652 |
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1441916636 |
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9781441916631 |
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1282980432 |
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9781282980433 |
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9786612980435 |
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6612980435 |
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