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Author Zäpfel, Günther, 1942-

Title Metaheuristic search concepts : a tutorial with applications to production and logistics / Günther Zäpfel, Roland Braune, Michael Bögl
Published Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : illustrations
Contents Preliminaries -- The Knapsack Problem and Straightforward Optimization Methods -- Search Heuristics -- Metaheuristics -- Metaheuristics in General -- Metaheuristics Based on Solution Construction -- Metaheuristics Based on Solution Modification -- Metaheuristics Based on Solution Recombination -- Summarizing Remarks on Metaheuristics -- Applications -- Metaheuristics in Machine Scheduling -- Metaheuristics in Vehicle Routing -- Summary
Summary Gives an introduction to metaheuristics for students and practitioners. This book deals with the application of popular metaheuristics to two optimization problems from the field of production and logistics, namely the Job Shop Scheduling and the Vehicle Routing Problem, based on examples
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Production management -- Data processing.
Business logistics -- Data processing
Combinatorial optimization.
Economics.
Operations research.
Operations Research
Economics
economics.
Affaires.
Science économique.
Economie de l'entreprise.
Business logistics -- Data processing
Combinatorial optimization
Production management -- Data processing
Diskrete Optimierung
Logistik
Metaheuristik
Prozessmanagement
Rucksackproblem
Tourenplanung
Form Electronic book
Author Braune, Roland
Bögl, Michael
ISBN 9783642113437
3642113435