{"product_id":"9780792397007","title":"Meta-Heuristics: Theory and Applications","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMeta-Heuristics: Theory and Applications\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eOsman, Ibrahim H.; Kelly, James P.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeta-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. \u003cbr\u003e  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 \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1996-03-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792397007\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4613-1361-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 690\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312292712588,"sku":"9780792397007","price":296.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792397007.jpg?v=1771523587","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792397007","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}