| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2004094686 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9783540224945 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
153.4/3 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Michalewicz, Zbigniew |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
How to solve it : |
| Subtitle |
modern heuristics |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Zbigniew Michalewicz, David B. Fogel |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
2nd ed., rev. and extended ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Heidelberg : |
| Publisher |
Springer, |
| Date |
c2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 554 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
25 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"With 174 Figures and 7 Tables." |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
1. Why are some problems difficult to solve? -- 2. Basic concepts -- 3. Traditional methods -- part 1 -- 4. Traditional methods -- part 2 -- 5. Escaping local optima -- 6. An evolutionary approach -- 7. Designing evolutionary algorithms -- 8. The traveling salesman problem -- 9. Constraint-handling techniques -- 10. Turning the algorithm to the problem -- 11. Time-varying environments and noise -- 12. Neural networks -- 13. Fuzzy systems -- 14. Coevolutionary systems -- 15. Multicriteria decision-making -- 16. Hybrid systems -- 17. Summary -- App. A. Probability and statistics -- App. B. Problems and projects. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
Looks at using heuristics for problem solving, including such methods as gradient techniques, simplex method, and dynamic programming. Includes exercises. |
| STUDY PROGRAM |
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| Program name |
ECTE469 |
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| Topical Heading |
Problem solving |
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Heuristic |
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Mathematical recreations |
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| Topical Heading |
Decision making |
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| Name |
Fogel, David B. |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/y2udsmwngmosx8gksvcgfdwtd3o8rxla |
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Location Map |
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