An Introduction to Metaheuristics for Optimization

• Main Authors: Chopard, Bastien (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tomassini, Marco (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Natural Computing Series,
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Mathematical optimization.; Computational intelligence.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Computers.; Artificial Intelligence.; Optimization.; Computational Intelligence.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Theory of Computation.
• Physical Description: XII, 226 p. 44 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319930732
• ISSN: 1619-7127
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93073-2

The authors stress the relative simplicity, efficiency, flexibility of use, and suitability of various approaches used to solve difficult optimization problems. The authors are experienced, interdisciplinary lecturers and researchers and in their explanations they demonstrate many shared foundational concepts among the key methodologies. This textbook is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals in computer science, engineering, and logistics.