Hybrid Metaheuristics - Powerful Tools for Optimization (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)

This book explains the most prominent and some promising new, general techniques that combine metaheuristics with other optimization methods. A first introductory chapter reviews the basic principles of local search, prominent metaheuristics, and tree search, dynamic programming, mixed integer linear programming, and constraint programming for combinatorial optimization purposes. The chapters that follow present five generally applicable hybridization strategies, with exemplary case studies on selected problems: incomplete solution representations and decoders; problem instance reduction; large neighborhood search; parallel non-independent construction of solutions within metaheuristics; and hybridization based on complete solution archives. The authors are among the leading researchers in the hybridization of metaheuristics with other techniques for optimization, and their work reflects the broad shift to problem-oriented rather than algorithm-oriented approaches, enabling faster and more effective implementation in real-life applications. This hybridization is not restricted to different variants of metaheuristics but includes, for example, the combination of mathematical programming, dynamic programming, or constraint programming with metaheuristics, reflecting cross-fertilization in fields such as optimization, algorithmics, mathematical modeling, operations research, statistics, and simulation. The book is a valuable introduction and reference for researchers and graduate students in these domains.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Theory, and Algorithms
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2016
Authors:	Christian Blum • Gunther R. Raidl
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	157
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-80907-6
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Operational research Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General
LSN:	3-319-80907-5
Barcode:	9783319809076

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