The aim of this volume is to show how Fuzzy Sets and Systems can help to provide robust and adaptive heuristic optimization algorithms in a variety of situations. The book presents the state of the art and gives a broad overview on the real practical applications that Fuzzy Sets, based on heuristic algorithms, have.

1. Soft Computing and Metaheuristics.- Fuzzy Adaptive Neighborhood Search: Examples of Application.- Branch-and-bound algorithms using fuzzy heuristics for solving large-scale flow shop scheduling problems.- A Fuzzy Adaptive Partition Algorithm (FAPA) for Global Optimization.- Fuzzy Memes in Multimeme Algorithms: a Fuzzy-Evolutionary Hybrid.- Vehicle Routing Problem With Uncertain Demand at Nodes: The Bee System and Fuzzy Logic Approach.- Fuzzy Constructive Heuristics.- 2. Heuristics and Mathematical Programming.- Heuristics for Optimization: two approaches for problem resolution.- Optimization with linguistic variables.- Interactive Algorithms Using Fuzzy Concepts for Solving Mathematical Models of Real Life Optimization Problems.- Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis: A Credibility Approach.- Fuzzy Optimization using Simulated Annealing: An Example Set.- 3. Practical Heuristic Algorithms.- Multi-stage Supply Chain Network by Hybrid Genetic Algorithms.- Fuzzy evolutionary approach for multiobjective combinatorial optimization: application to scheduling problems.- Fuzzy Sets based Heuristics for Optimization: Multi-objective Evolutionary Fuzzy Modeling.- An Interactive Fuzzy Satisficing Method for Multiobjective Operation Planning in District Heating and Cooling Plants through Genetic Algorithms for Nonlinear 0–1 Programming.- Adaptive Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Fuzzy Logic Controller.- 4. Applications to Real World Problems.- Finding Satisfactory Near-Optimal Solutions in Location Problems.- Route Choice Making Under Uncertainty: a Fuzzy Logic Based Approach.- A New Technique to Electrical Distribution System Load Flow Based on Fuzzy Sets.- A Fuzzy Adaptive Partitioning Algorithm (FAPA) for Global Optimization: Implementation in Environmental Site Characterization.-Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Fuzzy Demand.- An Adaptive, Intelligent Control System for Slag Foaming.

The aim of this volume is to show how Fuzzy Sets and Systems can help to provide robust and adaptive heuristic optimization algorithms in a variety of situations. The book presents the state of the art gives a broad overview on the real practical applications that Fuzzy Sets based heuristic algorithms have.

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