Ant colony optimization is a technique for optimization that was introduced in the early
1990's. The inspiring source of ant colony optimization is the foraging behavior of real ant …

Optimization techniques inspired by swarm intelligence have become increasingly popular
during the last decade. They are characterized by a decentralized way of working that …

Delineating the tremendous growth in this area, the Handbook of Approximation Algorithms
and Metaheuristics covers fundamental, theoretical topics as well as advanced, practical …

Conventional manufacturing systems like assembly lines cannot handle the constantly
changing requirements of a modern-day manufacturer, which are driven by volatile market …

Supply Chain Networks Distribution (SCND) topology aims to find the best position and size
for facilities to ensure optimal products flow based on the Matheuristic approach (ie …

The formulation of Facility Layout Problems (FLPs) as Quadratic Assignment Problems
(QAPs) has gained substantial attention from researchers. The main reason is that, QAPs …

Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) is an evolving network technology that is used to
provide traffic engineering (TE) and high speed networking. Internet service providers, which …

An important branch of hybrid metaheuristics concerns the hybridization with branch &
bound derivatives. In this chapter we present examples for two different types of …

This Chapter summarizes some of the well known stigmergic computational techniques
inspired by nature, mainly for optimization problems developed by mimicking social insects' …

Probabilistic message-passing algorithms are developed for routing transmissions in
multiwavelength optical communication networks, under node-and edge-disjoint routing …