"This book provides insight on the latest advances and analysis of technologies in metaheuristics computing, offering widespread coverage on topics such as genetic algorithms, differential evolution, and ant colony optimization"--Provided by publisher.

Scatter search and path relinking: a tutorial on the linear arrangement problem / Rafael Martí ... [et al.] -- A complementary cyber swarm algorithm / Peng-Yeng Yin ... [et al.] -- Path relinking scheme for the max-cut problem within global equilibrium search / Volodymyr P. Shylo, Oleg V. Shylo...

Real life problems are known to be messy, dynamic and multi-objective, and involve high levels of uncertainty and constraints. Because traditional problem-solving methods are no longer capable of handling this level of complexity, heuristic search methods have attracted increasing attention in...

"The software engineering community has advanced greatly in recent years and we currently have numerous defined items of knowledge, such as standards, methodologies, methods, metrics, techniques, languages, patterns, knowledge related to processes, concepts, etc.The main objective of this book...

"This book discusses current research analyzing how the collective behavior of decentralized systems in the natural world can be applied to intelligent system design and discussing the application of swarm principles, optimization techniques, and key algorithms being used in the field"--Provided...

This report presents an overview of performance-related pay policies (PRP) for government employees in selected OECD member countries over the past two decades. Both the strengths and the weaknesses of PRP policies are assessed. The report explores the various paths of reform in each country,...

This report presents an overview of performance-related pay policies (PRP) for government employees in selected OECD member countries over the past two decades. Both the strengths and the weaknesses of PRP policies are assessed. The report explores the various paths of reform in each country,...

Under the Paris Declaration, donors and partner countries commit to “reform procedures and strengthen incentives - including for recruitment, appraisal and training - for management and staff to work towards harmonisation, alignment and results”. This commitment was based on the recognition...