Handbook of Metaheuristics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Glover, Fred (Editor), Kochenberger, Gary A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 57
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Artificial intelligence.; Mathematical optimization.; Calculus of variations.; Management science.; Optimization.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.

Metaheuristics, in their original definition, are solution methods that orchestrate an interaction between local improvement procedures and higher level strategies to create a process capable of escaping from local optima and performing a robust search of a solution space. Over time, these methods h...