M.G.C. Resende
In Encyclopedia of Optimization, C. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, vol. 2, pp. 373-382, 2001
ABSTRACT
This paper is a survey of greedy randomized adaptive
search procedures (GRASP). GRASP is a multi-start or iterative
procedure where each GRASP iteration consists of a construction phase,
where a feasible solution is constructed, followed by a local search
procedure that finds a locally optimal solution. The construction
phase of GRASP is essentially a randomized greedy algorithm.
Repeated applications of the construction procedure yields diverse
starting solutions for the local search. We review a basic GRASP,
followed by enhancements to the basic procedure. We conclude by
surveying operations research and industrial applications of GRASP.
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