Evolutionary Optimization (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)
Contributors: Ruhul Sarker (Editor); Masoud Mohammadian (Editor); Xin Yao (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780792376545
Subjects: Operational research; Optimization; Optimization (Mathematical Theory); Linear Programming; Technology; Operations Research (Engineering); Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; Operations Research; Management Science; General; Business & Economics / Operations Research; Evolutionary programming (Comp; Evolutionary programming (Computer science); Mathematical optimization
First sentence: Operations research (OR) and management science (MS) are disciplines that attempt to aid managerial decision making by developing mathematical models that describe the essence of a problem and then applying mathematical procedures to solve the models.