Learning and Intelligent Optimization: Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Effective Heuristics: Third International Conference, LION 2009 III, Trento, Italy, January 14-18, 2009. Selected Papers

LION 3, the Third International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Op- mizatioN, was held during January 14–18 in Trento, Italy. The LION series of conferences provides a platform for researchers who are interested in the int- section of efficient optimization techniques and learning. It is aimed at exploring the boundaries and uncharted territories between machine learning, artificial intelligence, mathematical programming and algorithms for hard optimization problems. The considerable...