{"product_id":"parallel-metaheuristics-9780471678069","title":"Parallel Metaheuristics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParallel Metaheuristics provides a single, up-to-date reference on parallel metaheuristic issues. This comprehensive book presents modern and ongoing research information on using, designing, and analyzing efficient models of parallel algorithms (numeric and real-time efficiency, algorithms, comparison of parallel models).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book nicely combines many papers on a general topic of timeliness and importance.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Operational Research Society\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)  \u003cp\u003e\"…a good overview of recent metaheuristic techniques, and can be used as a starting point for developing new parallel version of the methods.\" (\u003ci\u003eComputing Reviews.com\u003c\/i\u003e, March 13, 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword.  \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I: INTRODUCTION TO METAHEURISITICS AND PARALLELISM.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. An Introduction to Metaheuristic Techniques (C. Blum, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Measuring the Performance of Parallel Metaheuristics (E. Alba \u0026amp; G. Luque).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. New Technologies in Parallelism (E. Alba \u0026amp; A. Nebro).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Metaheuristics and Parallelism (E. Alba, et al.). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II: PARALLEL METAHEURISTIC MODELS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Parallel Genetic Algorithms (G. Luque, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Parallel Genetic Programming (F. Fernández, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Parallel Evolution Strategies (G. Rudolph).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Parallel Ant Colony Algorithms (S. Janson, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Parallel Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (J. Madera, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Parallel Scatter Search (F. Garcia, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Parallel Variable Neighborhood Search (J. Moreno-Pérez, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Parallel Simulated Annealing (M. Aydin, V. Yigit).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Parallel Tabu Search (T. Crainic, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Parallel Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures (M. Resende \u0026amp; C. Ribeiro).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Parallel Hybrid Metaheuristics (C. Cotta, et al.). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Parallel MultiObjective Optimization (A. Nebro, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Parallel Heterogeneous Metaheuristics (F. Luna, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Theory of Parallel Genetic Algorithms (E. Cantú-Paz).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Parallel Metaheuristics Applications (T. Crainic \u0026amp; N. Hail).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Parallel Metaheuristics in Telecommunications (S. Nesmachnow, et al.).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Bioinformatics and Parallel Metaheuristics (O. Trelles, A. Rodriguez).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402651935063,"sku":"9780471678069","price":128.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471678069.jpg?v=1730481125","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/parallel-metaheuristics-9780471678069","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}