<IndexTerm Type="subject">LOCAL</IndexTerm><IndexTerm Type="Classification">Improvement heuristic</IndexTerm>

Saul I. Gass; Carl M. Harris

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LOCALImprovement heuristic

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Saul I. Gass
Carl M. Harris

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First Online: 25 October 2005

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_551

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A heuristic rule which examines all the solutions that are “closely related” to a given initial solution and is guaranteed to reach at least a local optimum. Heuristic procedure; Local optimum.

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Saul I. Gass
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Carl M. Harris
- 2

1.Robert H. Smith School of BusinessUniversity of MarylandCollege PartUSA
2.School of Information Technology & EngineeringGeorge Mason UniversityFairfaxUSA

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Cite this entry as:: Gass S.I., Harris C.M. (2001) LOCALImprovement heuristic. In: Gass S.I., Harris C.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X_551

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First Online 25 October 2005
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0611-X
Publisher Name Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN 978-0-7923-7827-3
Online ISBN 978-1-4020-0611-1
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