Assessing the Finite-Time Performance of Local Search Algorithms

Identifying a globally optimal solution for an intractable discrete optimization problem is often cost prohibitive. Therefore, solutions that are within a predetermined threshold are often acceptable in practice. This dissertation introduces the concept of B-acceptable solutions where B is a predet...

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Main Author: Henderson, Darrall
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26926
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04172001-135808/