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

• Main Authors: Zäpfel, Günther (Author), Braune, Roland (Author), Bögl, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of 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.