TY - BOOK ID - 8285811 TI - Hybrid Metaheuristics : Powerful Tools for Optimization AU - Blum, Christian. AU - Raidl, Günther R. PY - 2016 SN - 3319308823 3319308831 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Computer science. KW - Operations research. KW - Decision making. KW - Computers. KW - Artificial intelligence. KW - Mathematical optimization. KW - Computational intelligence. KW - Computer Science. KW - Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). KW - Theory of Computation. KW - Computational Intelligence. KW - Operation Research/Decision Theory. KW - Optimization. KW - Computer algorithms. KW - Mathematical optimization KW - Data processing. KW - Intelligence, Computational KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Soft computing KW - Optimization (Mathematics) KW - Optimization techniques KW - Optimization theory KW - Systems optimization KW - Mathematical analysis KW - Maxima and minima KW - Operations research KW - Simulation methods KW - System analysis KW - AI (Artificial intelligence) KW - Artificial thinking KW - Electronic brains KW - Intellectronics KW - Intelligence, Artificial KW - Intelligent machines KW - Machine intelligence KW - Thinking, Artificial KW - Bionics KW - Cognitive science KW - Digital computer simulation KW - Electronic data processing KW - Logic machines KW - Machine theory KW - Self-organizing systems KW - Fifth generation computers KW - Neural computers KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management KW - Management decisions KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Problem solving KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - System theory KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Decision making KW - Algorithms KW - Information theory. KW - Engineering. KW - Artificial Intelligence. KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory. KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Communication theory KW - Communication UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8285811 AB - 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. ER -