Metaheuristics:: Progress as Real Problem Solvers - Hardback

Metaheuristics: Progress as Real Problem Solvers is a peer-reviewed volume of eighteen current, cutting-edge papers by leading researchers in the field. Included are an invited paper by F. Glover and G. Kochenberger, which discusses the concept of Metaheuristic agent processes, and a tutorial paper by M.G.C. Resende and C.C. Ribeiro discussing GRASP with path-relinking. Other papers discuss problem-solving approaches to timetabling, automated planograms, elevators, space allocation, shift design, cutting stock, flexible shop scheduling, colorectal cancer and cartography. A final group of methodology papers clarify various aspects of Metaheuristics from the computational view point.

• | Author: Toshihide Ibaraki
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: May 06, 2005
• | Number of Pages: 414 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0387253823
• | ISBN-13: 9780387253824