
This chapter describes the history of metaheuristics in five distinct periods, starting long before the first use of the term and ending a long time in the future.
27 pages, to appear in: R. Marti, P. Pardalos, and M. Resende, eds., Handbook of Heuristics, Springer
FOS: Computer and information sciences, metaheuristics, Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), 330, Economics, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, [INFO.INFO-RO]Computer Science [cs]/Operations Research [math.OC], history, 650, [INFO.INFO-AI]Computer Science [cs]/Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI]
FOS: Computer and information sciences, metaheuristics, Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), 330, Economics, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, [INFO.INFO-RO]Computer Science [cs]/Operations Research [math.OC], history, 650, [INFO.INFO-AI]Computer Science [cs]/Artificial Intelligence [cs.AI]
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