Download or read book Metaheuristics for Bi-level Optimization written by El-Ghazali Talbi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a complete background on metaheuristics to solve complex bi-level optimization problems (continuous/discrete, mono-objective/multi-objective) in a diverse range of application domains. Readers learn to solve large scale bi-level optimization problems by efficiently combining metaheuristics with complementary metaheuristics and mathematical programming approaches. Numerous real-world examples of problems demonstrate how metaheuristics are applied in such fields as networks, logistics and transportation, engineering design, finance and security.