• Title Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization: With Python Codes for the Travelling Salesman Problem
• Author(s) Eric D. Taillard
• Publisher: Springer (October 30, 2022); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• Hardcover: 302 pages
• eBook: PDF and ePub
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3031137132
• ISBN-13: 978-3031137136
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Book Description

This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a wealth of illustrations that allow the concepts to be understood at a glance.

• Éric D. Taillard is a professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, HEIG-VD campus in Yverdon-les-Bains.

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• Algorithms and Data Structures
• Operations Research (OR), Linear Programming, Optimization, and Approximation
• Python Programming
• Computational Complexity

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