Download or read book An Introduction to Metaheuristics for Optimization written by Bastien Chopard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors stress the relative simplicity, efficiency, flexibility of use, and suitability of various approaches used to solve difficult optimization problems. The authors are experienced, interdisciplinary lecturers and researchers and in their explanations they demonstrate many shared foundational concepts among the key methodologies. This textbook is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and professionals in computer science, engineering, and logistics.