Optimizing engineering problems through heuristic techniques

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Authors; Section I: Introduction to Heuristic Optimization; Chapter 1 Optimization Using Heuristic Search: An Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Optimization Problem; 1.2.1 Local Versus Global Optima; 1.3 Categorization of Optimization Techniques; 1.4 Requirement of Heuristics and Their Characteristics; 1.5 Performance Measures for Heuristics; 1.6 Classification of Heuristics; 1.7 Conclusion; Section II: Description of Heuristic Optimization Techniques; Part I: Evolutionary Techniques