Metaheuristic Search Concepts A Tutorial with Applications to Production and Logistics /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Zäpfel, Günther (Συγγραφέας), Braune, Roland (Συγγραφέας), Bögl, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Θέματα: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Optimization.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

The book gives an introduction to metaheuristics for students and practitioners. It requires no prior knowledge of the field, as the basic concepts are developed step by step from the bottom up using the knapsack problem and therefore allowing the user to concentrate on the main ideas of metaheurist...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.