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The Romance of Modern Commerce; A Popular Account of the Production of Cereals, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Tobacco, Cotton, Silk, Wool, Timber, Cattle, Oils, Furs, Precious Stones, &c. .. (Paperback)
Newland H. Osman
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R511
Discovery Miles 5 110
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Meta-Heuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for
Optimizations comprises a carefully refereed selection of extended
versions of the best papers presented at the Second Meta-Heuristics
Conference (MIC 97). The selected articles describe the most recent
developments in theory and applications of meta-heuristics,
heuristics for specific problems, and comparative case studies. The
book is divided into six parts, grouped mainly by the techniques
considered. The extensive first part with twelve papers covers tabu
search and its application to a great variety of well-known
combinatorial optimization problems (including the
resource-constrained project scheduling problem and vehicle routing
problems). In the second part we find one paper where tabu search
and simulated annealing are investigated comparatively and two
papers which consider hybrid methods combining tabu search with
genetic algorithms. The third part has four papers on genetic and
evolutionary algorithms. Part four arrives at a new paradigm within
meta-heuristics. The fifth part studies the behavior of parallel
local search algorithms mainly from a tabu search perspective. The
final part examines a great variety of additional meta-heuristics
topics, including neural networks and variable neighbourhood search
as well as guided local search. Furthermore, the integration of
meta-heuristics with the branch-and-bound paradigm is investigated.
Meta-heuristics have developed dramatically since their inception
in the early 1980s. They have had widespread success in attacking a
variety of practical and difficult combinatorial optimization
problems. These families of approaches include, but are not limited
to greedy random adaptive search procedures, genetic algorithms,
problem-space search, neural networks, simulated annealing, tabu
search, threshold algorithms, and their hybrids. They incorporate
concepts based on biological evolution, intelligent problem
solving, mathematical and physical sciences, nervous systems, and
statistical mechanics. Since the 1980s, a great deal of effort has
been invested in the field of combinatorial optimization theory in
which heuristic algorithms have become an important area of
research and applications. This volume is drawn from the first
conference on Meta-Heuristics and contains 41 papers on the
state-of-the-art in heuristic theory and applications. The book
treats the following meta-heuristics and applications: Genetic
Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Networks &
Graphs, Scheduling and Control, TSP, and Vehicle Routing Problems.
It represents research from the fields of Operations Research,
Management Science, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
Meta-Heuristics: Advances and Trends in Local Search Paradigms for
Optimizations comprises a carefully refereed selection of extended
versions of the best papers presented at the Second Meta-Heuristics
Conference (MIC 97). The selected articles describe the most recent
developments in theory and applications of meta-heuristics,
heuristics for specific problems, and comparative case studies. The
book is divided into six parts, grouped mainly by the techniques
considered. The extensive first part with twelve papers covers tabu
search and its application to a great variety of well-known
combinatorial optimization problems (including the
resource-constrained project scheduling problem and vehicle routing
problems). In the second part we find one paper where tabu search
and simulated annealing are investigated comparatively and two
papers which consider hybrid methods combining tabu search with
genetic algorithms. The third part has four papers on genetic and
evolutionary algorithms. Part four arrives at a new paradigm within
meta-heuristics. The fifth part studies the behavior of parallel
local search algorithms mainly from a tabu search perspective. The
final part examines a great variety of additional meta-heuristics
topics, including neural networks and variable neighbourhood search
as well as guided local search. Furthermore, the integration of
meta-heuristics with the branch-and-bound paradigm is investigated.
Meta-heuristics have developed dramatically since their inception
in the early 1980s. They have had widespread success in attacking a
variety of practical and difficult combinatorial optimization
problems. These families of approaches include, but are not limited
to greedy random adaptive search procedures, genetic algorithms,
problem-space search, neural networks, simulated annealing, tabu
search, threshold algorithms, and their hybrids. They incorporate
concepts based on biological evolution, intelligent problem
solving, mathematical and physical sciences, nervous systems, and
statistical mechanics. Since the 1980s, a great deal of effort has
been invested in the field of combinatorial optimization theory in
which heuristic algorithms have become an important area of
research and applications. This volume is drawn from the first
conference on Meta-Heuristics and contains 41 papers on the
state-of-the-art in heuristic theory and applications. The book
treats the following meta-heuristics and applications: Genetic
Algorithms, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Networks &
Graphs, Scheduling and Control, TSP, and Vehicle Routing Problems.
It represents research from the fields of Operations Research,
Management Science, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
Works by hundreds of prominent designers, including Alvar Aalto,
Vignelli Associates, Aldo Rossi, Le Corbusier, and Paolo Nava, pack
the pages. Over 2,000 important pieces arranged by type of
furniture or fixture make this book the go-to guide for students
and historians of modern furniture, as well as an essential tool
for interior designers. Each entry gives the details of the design:
date, model name or number, manufacturer, materials, and
dimensions.
A Practical Handbook For Planters, Financiers, Scientists And
Others.
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The Romance Of Commerce - A Popular Account Of The Production Of Cereals, Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Tobacco, Cotton, Silk, Wool, Timber, Cattle, Oils, Furs, Precious Stones, &c. (Paperback)
H. Osman Newland
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R630
Discovery Miles 6 300
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
A Practical Handbook For Planters, Financiers, Scientists And
Others.
A Practical Handbook For Planters, Financiers, Scientists And
Others.
A Practical Handbook For Planters, Financiers, Scientists And
Others.
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