An introduction to metaheuristics for optimization

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An introduction to metaheuristics for optimization

Bastien Chopard, Marco Tomassini

(Natural computing series)

Springer, c2018

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The authors stress the relative simplicity, efficiency, flexibility of use, and suitability of various approaches used to solve difficult optimization problems. The authors are experienced, interdisciplinary lecturers and researchers and in their explanations they demonstrate many shared foundational concepts among the key methodologies. This textbook is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals in computer science, engineering, and logistics.

Table of Contents

Problems, Algorithms, Computational Complexity.- Search Space.- Tabu Search.- Simulated Annealing.- Ant Colony Optimization (ACO).- Non-PSO Optimization.- Firefly Algorithm, Cuckoo Algorithm, Levy Flights.- Evolutionary Algorithms: Foundations.- Evolutionary Algorithms: Advanced.- Phase Transition in Optimization Problems.- Performance and Limitations of Metaheuristics.- Statistical Analysis of Research Spaces.

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  • NCID
    BB29590723
  • ISBN
    • 9783319930725
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 226 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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