Advances in Metaheuristics for Hard Optimization

• Other Authors: Siarry, Patrick
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Mathematical optimization ; Heuristic programming; 519.6
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/24268
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Many advances have been made recently in metaheuristic methods, from theory to applications. The editors, both leading experts in this field, have assembled a team of researchers to contribute 21 chapters organized into parts on simulated annealing, tabu search, ant colony algorithms, general-purpose studies of evolutionary algorithms, applications of evolutionary algorithms, and various metaheuristics. The book gathers contributions related to the following topics: theoretical developments in metaheuristics; adaptation of discrete metaheuristics to continuous optimization; performance comparisons of metaheuristics; cooperative methods combining different approaches; parallel and distributed metaheuristics for multiobjective optimization; software implementations; and real-world applications. This book is suitable for practitioners, researchers and graduate students in disciplines such as optimization, heuristics, operations research, and natural computing.