TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sait,Sadiq M.
AU  - Youssef,Habib
TI  - Iterative computer algorithms with applications in engineering: solving combinatorial optimization problems 
SN  - 0769501001
AV  - QA402.5 .S23 1999
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - Los Alamitos, Calif.
PB  - IEEE Computer Society
KW  - Combinatorial optimization
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Optimisation combinatoire - Informatique
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction --; Simulated annealing (SA) --; Generic algorithms (GAs) --; Tabu search (TS) --; Simulated evolution (SimE) --; Stochastic evolution (StocE) --; Hybrids and other issues
N2  - "This book describes in-depth the five main iterative algorithms for solving hard combinatorial optimization problems: Simulated Annealing, Genetic Algorithms, Tabu Search, Simulated Evolution, and Stochastic Evolution. The authors present various iterative techniques and illustrate how they can be applied to solve several NP-hard problems."--BOOK JACKET; "For each algorithm the authors present the procedures of the algorithm parameter selection criteria convergence property analysis and parallelization. There are also several real-world examples that illustrate various aspects of the algorithms. The book includes an introduction to fuzzy logic and its application in the formulation of multi-objective optimization problems, a discussion on hybrid techniques that combine features of heuristics, a survey of recent research work, and examples that illustrate required mathematical concepts."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -