This book provides a wide-ranging reference to the theoretical and mathematical formulations of metaheuristics, including bio-inspired, swarm-based, socio-cultural and physics-based methods or algorithms; their testing and validation, along with detailed illustrative solutions and applications, as well as newly devised metaheuristic algorithms.
Patrick Siarry is a Professor of Automatics and Informatics at the University of Paris-Est Créteil, where he leads the Image and Signal Processing team in the Laboratoire Images, Signaux et Systèmes Intelligents (LiSSi).
Anand J Kulkarni is Associate Professor at the Symbiosis Center for Research and Innovation, Symbiosis International (Deemed University).