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The Relation Between Complete and Incomplete Search

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Hybrid Metaheuristics

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This chapter compares complete and incomplete search methods, discusses hybrid approaches, contrasts modelling techniques, and speculates that the boundary between the two is more blurred than it might seem.

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Prestwich, S. (2008). The Relation Between Complete and Incomplete Search. In: Blum, C., Aguilera, M.J.B., Roli, A., Sampels, M. (eds) Hybrid Metaheuristics. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78295-7_3

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