Local search has been applied successfully to a diverse collection of optimization problems. However, results are scattered throughout the literature. This is the first book that presents a large collection of theoretical results in a consistent manner. It provides the reader with a coherent overview of the achievements obtained so far, and serves as a source of inspiration for the development of novel results in the challenging field of local search.

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Basic Examples.- Indirect Solution Representations.- Properties of Neighborhood Functions.- Performance Guarantees.- Time Complexity.- Metaheuristics.- Asymptotic Convergence of Simulated Annealing.