Stochastic local search

• Holger H. Hoos, University of British Columbia, BC, CANADA

Dr. Holger H. Hoos accepted the invitation on 23 December 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 23 June 2009).

Stochastic local search refers to a class of algorithms widely used for solving computationally difficult problems. [...]

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