This text presents a family of advanced methods of optimization called Metaheuristics.
It covers a range of topics including simulated annealing, tabu search, evolutionary and genetic algorithms, and ant colony optimization. The book contains various case studies from engineering and operations research, and includes commented literature for each chapter.

Presents a family of advanced methods of optimization, called Metaheuristics Includes simulated annealing, tabu search, evolutionary and genetic algorithms, ant colonies Contains case studies from engineering and operations research Includes commented literature for each chapter

Inhalt
Presentation of the Main Metaheuristics.- Simulated Annealing.- Tabu Search.- Evolutionary Algorithms.- Ant Colony Algorithms.- Variants, Extensions and Methodological Advices.- Some Other Metaheuristics.- Extensions.- Methodology.- Case Studies.- Optimization of UMTS Radio Access Networks with Genetic Algorithms.- Genetic Algorithms Applied to Air Traffic Management.- Constraint Programming and Ant Colonies Applied to Vehicle Routing Problems.