Heuristics are strategies using readily accessible, loosely applicable information to control problem solving. Algorithms, for example, are a type of heuristic.

The third edition of this handbook is designed to provide a broad coverage of the concepts, implementations, and applications in metaheuristics. The book’s ch

Heuristics are strategies using readily accessible, loosely applicable information to control problem solving. Algorithms, for example, are a type of heuristic.

This book, first published in 2002, compiles psychologists' best attempts to answer important questions about intuitive judgment.

Optimization techniques have developed into a significant area concerning industrial, economics, business, and financial systems. With the development of engine