A Taxonomy of Metaheuristics for Bi-level Optimization / El-Ghazali Talbi --; A Genetic Algorithm for Power System Vulnerability Analysis under Multiple Contingencies / José M. Arroyo, Francisco J. Fernández --; A Bilevel Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Supply Chain Management Problems / Yannis Marinakis, Magdalene Marinaki --; CoBRA: A Coevolutionary Metaheuristic for Bi-level Optimization / François Legillon, Arnaud Liefooghe --; A Matheuristic for Leader-Follower Games Involving Facility Location-Protection-Interdiction Decisions / Deniz Aksen, Necati Aras --; A Metaheuristic Framework for Bi-level Programming Problems with Multi-disciplinary Applications / Andrew Koh --; Matheuristics and Exact Methods for the Discrete (r[vertical bar]p)-Centroid Problem / Ekaterina Alekseeva, Yury Kochetov --; Exact Solution Methodologies for Linear and (Mixed) Integer Bilevel Programming / Georgios K.D. Saharidis, Antonio J. Conejo --; Bilevel Multi-Objective Optimization and Decision Making / Ankur Sinha, Kalyanmoy Deb.
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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.