
Optimization problems are of great importance across a broad range of fields. They can be tackled, for example, by approximate algorithms such as metaheuristics. This book is intended both to provide an overview of hybrid metaheuristics to novices of the field, and to provide...

Hybrid Metaheuristics: An Introduction.- Combining (Integer) Linear Programming Techniques and Metaheuristics for Combinatorial Optimization.- The Relation Between Complete and Incomplete Search.- Hybridizations of Metaheuristics With Branch & Bound Derivates.- Very Large-Scale...