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Search has been vital to artificial intelligence from the very beginning as a core technique in problem solving. The authors present a thorough overview of heur

This book aims to provide a general overview of heuristic search, to present the basic steps of the most popular heuristics, and to stress their hidden difficul

Search is an important component of problem solving in artificial intelligence (AI) and, more generally, in computer science, engineering and operations researc

Including contributions from leading experts in the field, this book covers applications and developments of heuristic search methods for solving complex optimi

Solutions to most real-world optimization problems involve a trade-off between multiple conflicting and non-commensurate objectives. Some of the most challengin