In Parallel
Metaheuristics: A new class of algorithms, E. Alba (ed.), John
Wiley and Sons, pp. 315-346, 2005.
ABSTRACT
A GRASP (Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure)
is a metaheuristic for producing good-quality solutions of
combinatorial optimization problems. It is usually implemented with a
construction procedure based on a greedy randomized algorithm
followed by local search. In this Chapter, we survey parallel
implementations of GRASP. We describe simple strategies to implement
independent parallel GRASP heuristics and more complex cooperative
schemes using a pool of elite solutions to intensify the search
process. Some applications of independent and cooperative
parallelizations are presented in detail.
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