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- noun An
experimental heuristic method for solving a general class ofcomputational problems by combining userprocedures in the hope of obtaining a moreefficient orrobust procedure.
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meta- + heuristic
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INFORMS is the most popular professional organization relating to the theory and practice of operations research - which includes numerical optimization, metaheuristic search techniques, and increasingly
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One of the keystones in practical metaheuristic problem-solving is the fact that tuning the optimization technique to the problem under consideration is crucial for achieving top performance.
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