Search Methodologies : Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques

Introduction -- Classical Techniques -- Integer Programming -- Genetic Algorithms -- Scatter Search -- Genetic Programming -- Artificial Immune Systems -- Swarm Intelligence -- Tabu Search -- Simulated Annealing -- GRASP: Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures -- Variable Neighborhood Search -- Very Large-Scale Neighborhood Search -- Constraint Programming -- Multi-objective Optimization -- Sharpened and Focused No Free Lunch and Complexity Theory -- Machine Learning -- Fuzzy Reasoning -- Rough-Set-Based Decision Support -- Hyper-heuristics -- Approximations and Randomization -- Fitness Landscapes.