Download or read book Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms. Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Effective Heuristics written by Thomas Stützle and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms. Inside the volume, readers will find twelve full papers as well as nine short papers. Topics include methodological developments, behavior of SLS algorithms, search space analysis, algorithm performance, tuning procedures, AI/OR techniques, and dynamic behavior.