tabu search

noun

tabu search

noun

Etymology From tabu (“sacred, not to be touched”), in reference to the prohibition against revisiting earlier rejected solutions.

1

A combinatorial search technique used to solve optimization problems by tracking and guiding the search.

  • Compared to simulated annealing, the tabu search heuristic performed well.

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