Metaheuristics in the Service Industry

Download or read book Metaheuristics in the Service Industry written by Martin Josef Geiger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most developed economics show the tendency of an increasing importance of modern services such as tourism, logistical services, finance, and others. In many cases, complex optimization problems can be found in this context, and the successful operation of modern services often depends on the ability to solve the obtained optimization models. Metaheuristics on the other hand present an interesting problem-resolution paradigm that has attracted considerable interest in past years. The book combines a set of selected and peer-reviewed articles, presenting novel results of metaheuristics for modern services. In particular, applications in the area of transportation and logistics are considered, while other areas include production and financial services. Novel methodological approaches as well as improved results are obtained, resulting in a considerable contribution to the state-of-the-art of research in metaheuristics.