Design of Modern Heuristics Principles and Application /

• Main Author: Rothlauf, Franz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Natural Computing Series,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Artificial intelligence.; Mathematical optimization.; Computational intelligence.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Optimization.; Computational Intelligence.; IT in Business.

Most textbooks on modern heuristics provide the reader with detailed descriptions of the functionality of single examples like genetic algorithms, genetic programming, tabu search, simulated annealing, and others, but fail to teach the underlying concepts behind these different approaches. The autho...

Table of Contents:

• Chap. 1
• Introduction
• Part I
• Fundamentals
• Chap. 2
• Optimization Problems
• Chap. 3
• Optimization Methods
• Part II
• Modern Heuristics
• Chap. 4
• Design Elements
• Chap. 5
• Search Strategies
• Chap. 6
• Design Principles
• Part III Case Studies
• Chap. 7
• High Locality Representations for Automated Programming
• Chap. 8.-Biased Modern Heuristics for the OCST Problem
• Chap. 9.-Summary
• References
• Nomenclature
• Glossary
• Index.