How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics - Softcover

Michalewicz, Zbigniew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642061346 ISBN 13: 9783642061349

Publisher: Springer, 2010

Synopsis

No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it. Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings We've been very fortunate to receive fantastic feedback from our readers during the last four years, since the first edition of How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics was published in 1999. It's heartening to know that so many people appreciated the book and, even more importantly, were using the book to help them solve their problems. One professor, who published a review of the book, said that his students had given the best course reviews he'd seen in 15 years when using our text. There can be hardly any better praise, except to add that one of the book reviews published in a SIAM journal received the best review award as well. We greatly appreciate your kind words and personal comments that you sent, including the few cases where you found some typographical or other errors. Thank you all for this wonderful support.

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Review:

The March 2002 issue of ACMs Computing Reviews identifies a review of "How to Solve It" as the best review they published in 2001. The review is then reprinted in its entirety. Reviewer: H. van Dyke Parunak.
Excerpt: Like its predecessor, the new How to Solve It, combines deep mathematical insight with skilled pedagogy. Puzzle lovers will seek out the book for its insightful discussion of many intriguing brain twisters. Students of computational methods will find it an accessible but rigorous introduction to evolutionary algorithms. Teachers will learn from its expositions how to make their own subject matter clearer to their students. Polya would be honored to know that his spirit lives on in the computer age.

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This is an outstanding book. It takes the reader close to the current knowledge frontier ... . The book’s writing style is lively and educational, and this makes it extremely interesting ... . is intended for students and practitioners. ... is an excellent choice for a course on heuristics ... . One of the most comprehensive views ... is provided in this book. It is written to be read and understood ... . is a must-read and must-have for anyone engaged in the art of problem solving." (Dimitrios Katsaros, Computing Reviews, April, 2005)

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3642061346
• ISBN 13: 9783642061349
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 570