Metaheuristic Optimization via Memory and Evolution

Advances for New Model and Solution Approaches.- A Scatter Search Tutorial for Graph-Based Permutation Problems.- A Multistart Scatter Search Heuristic for Smooth NLP and MINLP Problems.- Scatter Search Methods for the Covering Tour Problem.- Solution of the SONET Ring Assignment Problem with Capacity Constraints.- Advances for Solving Classical Problems.- A Very Fast Tabu Search Algorithm for Job Shop Problem.- Tabu Search Heuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem.- Some New Ideas in TS for Job Shop Scheduling.- A Tabu Search Heuristic for the Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem.- Adaptive Memory Search Guidance for Satisfiability Problems.- Experimental Evaluations.- Lessons from Applying and Experimenting with Scatter Search.- Tabu Search for Mixed Integer Programming.- Scatter Search vs. Genetic Algorithms.- Review of Recent Developments.- Parallel Computation, Co-operation, Tabu Search.- Using Group Theory to Construct and Characterize Metaheuristic Search Neighborhoods.- Logistics Management.- New Procedural Designs.- On the Integration of Metaheuristic Strategies in Constraint Programming.- General Purpose Metrics for Solution Variety.- Controlled Pool Maintenance for Metaheuristics.- Adaptive Memory Projection Methods for Integer Programming.- RAMP: A New Metaheuristic Framework for Combinatorial Optimization.