RT Book, Section T1 An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms. A1 Moscato, Pablo A1 Cotta-Porras, Carlos A2 Gendreau, Michel A2 Potvin, Jean-Yves K1 Computación evolutiva K1 Algoritmos evolutivos AB Memetic algorithms (MAs) are optimization techniques based on the orchestrated interplay between global and local search components and have the exploitation of specific problem knowledge as one of their guiding principles. In its most classical form, a MA is typically composed of an underlying population-based engine onto which a local search component is integrated. These aspects are described in this chapter in some detail, paying particular attention to design and integration issues. After this description of the basic architecture of MAs, we move to different algorithmic extensions that give rise to more sophisticated memetic approaches. After providing a meta-review of the numerous practical applications of MAs, we close this chapter with an overview of current perspectives of memetic algorithms. PB Springer YR 2018 FD 2018 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/35055 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/35055 LA eng NO Moscato, P., Cotta, C. (2019). An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms. In: Gendreau, M., Potvin, JY. (eds) Handbook of Metaheuristics. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91086-4_9 NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-science/policies/book-policies NO Australian Research Council grants Future Fellowship FT120100060 and Discovery Project DP140104183. FAPESP, Brazil (1996–2001). Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) under project EphemeCH (TIN2014-56494-C4-1-P). DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026