How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics - Hardcover

Michalewicz, Zbigniew; Fogel, David B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540224947 ISBN 13: 9783540224945

Publisher: Springer, 2004

Synopsis

No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it. Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings We've been very fortunate to receive fantastic feedback from our readers during the last four years, since the first edition of How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics was published in 1999. It's heartening to know that so many people appreciated the book and, even more importantly, were using the book to help them solve their problems. One professor, who published a review of the book, said that his students had given the best course reviews he'd seen in 15 years when using our text. There can be hardly any better praise, except to add that one of the book reviews published in a SIAM journal received the best review award as well. We greatly appreciate your kind words and personal comments that you sent, including the few cases where you found some typographical or other errors. Thank you all for this wonderful support.

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Review

"This is an outstanding book. It takes the reader close to the current knowledge frontier ??? . The book??'s writing style is lively and educational, and this makes it extremely interesting ??? . is intended for students and practitioners. ??? is an excellent choice for a course on heuristics ??? . One of the most comprehensive views ??? is provided in this book. It is written to be read and understood ??? . is a must-read and must-have for anyone engaged in the art of problem solving." (Dimitrios Katsaros, Computing Reviews, April, 2005)

Synopsis

This book is the only source that provides comprehensive, current, and correct information on problem solving using modern heuristics. It covers classic methods of optimization, including dynamic programming, the simplex method, and gradient techniques, as well as recent innovations such as simulated annealing, tabu search, and evolutionary computation. Integrated into the discourse is a series of problems and puzzles to challenge the reader. The book is written in a lively, engaging style and is intended for students and practitioners alike. Anyone who reads and understands the material in the book will be armed with the most powerful problem solving tools currently known. This second edition contains two new chapters, one on coevolutionary systems and one on multicriterial decision-making. Also some new puzzles are added and various subchapters are revised.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540224947
• ISBN 13: 9783540224945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 570