{"product_id":"9783540729594","title":"Natural Computing Series","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNatural Computing Series\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSiarry, Patrick; Michalewicz, Zbigniew\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is suitable for practitioners, researchers and graduate students in disciplines such as optimization, heuristics, operations research, and natural computing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2007-11-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783540729594\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-540-72960-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 481\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45382376652940,"sku":"9783540729594","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783540729594_ee3c35aa-b6ff-4fa4-bde8-5cbac05cf6f3.jpg?v=1775736701","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783540729594","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}