Topic

No. of hours

Lecture

Tutorial/Practical

Meta-heuristic Concept.

3

3

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Local Search.

3

3

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Multi-Start Methods.

3

3

-

Tabu Search.

3

3

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Simulated Annealing.

3

3

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Variable Neighborhood Search.

3

3

-

GRASP.

3

3

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Genetic Algorithms.

3

3

-

Scatter Search.

3

3

-

Ant Colony Systems.

3

3

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Particle Swarm Optimization.

3

3

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Comparative Analysis of Algorithms.

3

3

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Case Studies for some meta-heuristic applications.

6

6

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