Simulated Annealing -- Tabu Search -- Variable Neighborhood Search -- Scatter Search and Path-Relinking: Fundamentals, Advances, and Applications -- Genetic Algorithms -- A Modern Introduction to Memetic Algorithms -- Genetic Programming -- Ant Colony Optimization: Overview and Recent Advances...

The scope of this book is limited to heuristics, metaheuristics, and approximate methods and algorithms as applied to planning and scheduling problems. While it is not possible to give a comprehensive treatment of this topic in one book, the aim of this work is to provide the reader with a...

Scatter Search and Path Relinking: Advances and Applications -- An Introduction to Tabu Search -- Genetic Algorithms -- Genetic Programming: Automatic Synthesis of Topologies and Numerical Parameters -- A Gentle Introduction to Memetic Algorithms -- Variable Neighborhood Search -- Guided Local...

The third edition of this handbook is designed to provide a broad coverage of the concepts, implementations, and applications in metaheuristics. The book’s chapters serve as stand-alone presentations giving both the necessary underpinnings as well as practical guides for implementation. The...

Part 1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Heuristics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Heuristics -- 3. Data Engineering Techniques for Machine Learning and Heuristics -- Part 2: Food Security Machine Learning and Heuristics Models -- 4. Food Security -- 5. Food Security – Quality and Safety...

Introduction -- City Logistics -- Attended Home Delivery -- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining -- Analysis of Floating Car Data -- Provision of Distance Matrices -- Evaluation of Information Models -- Routing in City Logistics -- Evaluation of Optimization Models -- Conclusions and Outlook

A Century of the EOQ -- Multi-period Lot-sizing with Stationary Demand: Extension to Forecast Horizons -- EOQ Models with Supply Disruptions -- Existence of EOQ and Its Evaluation: Some Cases of Stock Blow Down Dynamics Depending on Its Level -- Generalizing the Ordering Cost and Holding-Backlog...

Introduction -- Basic Multi-Item, Single-Location Inventory Model -- Multiple Machine Types with Commonality -- Service Differentiation -- Multi-Location System with Lateral Transshipments -- Two-Echelon System -- Multi-Echelon, Multi-Indenture System -- Static Repair Priorities.

"Profiles in Operations Research: Pioneers and Innovators" recounts the development of the field of Operations Research (OR), the science of decision making. This book traces the development of OR from its military origins to a mature discipline that is recognized worldwide for its contributions...

Chapter 1. Prescriptive Analytics in Internet of Things With Concentration on Deep Learning -- Chapter 2. Internet of Things: Technologies & Applications -- Chapter 3. Internet of Things Cybersecurity -- Blockchain as First Securitisation Layer of an IOT Network -- Chapter 4. Using Other...