Michalewicz Z. How to Solve It. Modern Heuristics 2ed 2004

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How to Solve It is a compendium of approaches for tackling problems as we find them in mathematics. That is, the book provides not only examples of techniques and procedures, but also instruction on how to make analogies, use auxiliary devices, work backwards from the goal to the given, and so forth. Essentially, the book is an encyclopedia of problem-solving methods to be carried out by hand, but more than that, it is a treatise on how to think about framing and attacking problems. Current texts in heuristic problem solving provide detailed descriptions of the algorithmic procedures for each of a number of classic algorithms