Metaheuristics : Progress in Complex Systems Optimization

Scatter Search -- Experiments Using Scatter Search for the Multidemand Multidimensional Knapsack Problem -- A Scatter Search Heuristic for the Fixed-Charge Capacitated Network Design Problem -- Tabu Search -- Tabu Search-Based Metaheuristic Algorithm for Large-scale Set Covering Problems -- Log-Truck Scheduling with a Tabu Search Strategy -- Nature-inspired methods -- Solving the Capacitated Multi-Facility Weber Problem by Simulated Annealing, Threshold Accepting and Genetic Algorithms -- Reviewer Assignment for Scientific Articles using Memetic Algorithms -- GRASP and Iterative Methods -- Grasp with Path-Relinking for the Tsp -- Using a Randomised Iterative Improvement Algorithm with Composite Neighbourhood Structures for the University Course Timetabling Problem -- Dynamic and Stochastic Problems -- Variable Neighborhood Search for the Probabilistic Satisfiability Problem -- The ACO/F-Race Algorithm for Combinatorial Optimization Under Uncertainty -- Adaptive Control of Genetic Parameters for Dynamic Combinatorial Problems -- A Memetic Algorithm for Dynamic Location Problems -- A Study of Canonical GAs for NSOPs -- Particle Swarm Optimization and Sequential Sampling in Noisy Environments -- Distributed and Parallel Algorithms -- Embedding a Chained Lin-Kernighan Algorithm into a Distributed Algorithm -- Exploring Grid Implementations of Parallel Cooperative Metaheuristics -- Algorithm Tuning, Algorithm Design and Software Tools -- Using Experimental Design to Analyze Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for Multiobjective Problems -- Distance Measures and Fitness-Distance Analysis for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem -- Tuning Tabu Search Strategies Via Visual Diagnosis -- Solving Vehicle Routing Using IOPT.