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Tuning Metaheuristics

A Machine Learning Perspective

  • Presents a machine learning approach to methaheuristics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI, volume 197)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Introduction

    • Mauro Birattari
    Pages 1-10
  3. Background and State-of-the-Art

    • Mauro Birattari
    Pages 11-67
  4. Statement of the Tuning Problem

    • Mauro Birattari
    Pages 69-83
  5. F-Race for Tuning Metaheuristics

    • Mauro Birattari
    Pages 85-115
  6. Experiments and Applications

    • Mauro Birattari
    Pages 117-169
  7. Conclusions

    • Mauro Birattari
    Pages 197-201
  8. Back Matter

About this book

The importance of tuning metaheuristics is widely acknowledged in scientific literature. However, there is very little dedicated research on the subject.  Typically, scientists and practitioners tune metaheuristics by hand, guided only by their experience and by some rules of thumb. Tuning metaheuristics is often considered to be more of an art than a science.

This book lays the foundations for a scientific approach to tuning metaheuristics.  The fundamental intuition that underlies Birattari's approach is that the tuning problem has much in common with the problems that are typically faced in machine learning.  By adopting a machine learning perspective, the author gives a formal definition of the tuning problem, develops a generic algorithm for tuning metaheuristics, and defines an appropriate experimental methodology for assessing the performance of metaheuristics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chercheur qualifié du F.R.S.-FNRS, IRIDIA, CoDE, FSA - CP 194/6, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Mauro Birattari

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tuning Metaheuristics

  • Book Subtitle: A Machine Learning Perspective

  • Authors: Mauro Birattari

  • Series Title: Studies in Computational Intelligence

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00483-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-00482-7Published: 08 April 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10149-6Published: 28 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-00483-4Published: 02 May 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1860-949X

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-9503

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 221

  • Additional Information: Originally published by IOS Press, 2005

  • Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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