How Long to Read Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization

How Long Does it Take to Read Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 56 minutes to read Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization by Éric D. Taillard

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Description

This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a wealth of illustrations that allow the concepts to be understood at a glance. The book approaches the main metaheuristics from a new angle, deconstructing them into a few key concepts presented in separate chapters: construction, improvement, decomposition, randomization and learning methods. Each metaheuristic can then be presented in simplified form as a combination of these concepts. This approach avoids giving the impression that metaheuristics is a non-formal discipline, a kind of cloud sculpture. Moreover, it provides concrete applications of the travelling salesman problem, which illustrate in just a few lines of code how to design a new heuristic and remove all ambiguities left by a general framework. Two chapters reviewing the basics of combinatorial optimization and complexity theory make the book self-contained. As such, even readers with a very limited background in the field will be able to follow all the content.

How long is Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization?

Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization by Éric D. Taillard is 293 pages long, and a total of 74,129 words.

This makes it 99% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 45 minutes to read Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization aloud.

What Reading Level is Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization?

Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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