Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics

by Cotta, Carlos; Sevaux, Marc; Sorensen, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9783540794370
• ISBN10: 3540794379
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This cutting edge volume presents recent advances in the area of adaptativeness in metaheuristic optimization. It includes up-to-date reviews of hyperheuristics and self-adaptation in evolutionary algorithms.

Table of Contents

Reviews of the Field
Hyperheuristics: Recent Developments	p. 3
Self-Adaptation in Evolutionary Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimisation	p. 31
New Techniques and Applications
An Efficient Hyperheuristic for Strip-Packing Problems	p. 61
Probability-Driven Simulated Annealing for Optimizing Digital FIR Filters	p. 77
RASH: A Self-adaptive Random Search Method	p. 95
Market Based Allocation of Transportation Orders to Vehicles in Adaptive Multi-objective Vehicle Routing	p. 119
A Simple Evolutionary Algorithm with Self-adaptation for Multi-objective Nurse Scheduling	p. 133
Individual Evolution as an Adaptive Strategy for Photogrammetric Network Design	p. 157
Adaptive Estimation of Distribution Algorithms	p. 177
Initialization and Displacement of the Particles in TRIBES, a Parameter-Free Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm	p. 199
Evolution of Descent Directions	p. 221
"Multiple Neighbourhood" Search in Commercial VRP Packages: Evolving Towards Self-Adaptive Methods	p. 239
Automated Parameterisation of a Metaheuristic for the Orienteering Problem	p. 255
Index	p. 271
Author Index	p. 275
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.