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tabu search

tabu search noun: a combinatorial search technique used to solve optimization problems by tracking and guiding the search.

Noun

tabu search (countable and uncountable, plural tabu searches)

  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.

Forms of tabu search

pluraltabu searches

Origin of tabu search

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

Questions about tabu search

What does tabu search mean?
Tabu search means a combinatorial search technique used to solve optimization problems by tracking and guiding the search.
What part of speech is tabu search?
Tabu search is a noun.
What is the plural of tabu search?
The plural of tabu search is tabu searches.

Words near tabu search in the dictionary

  1. Tabtabungao
  2. tabtop
  3. tabtoxin
  4. tabtoxins
  5. tabu
  6. tabu search
  7. tabu searches
  8. Tabuaeran
  9. Tabuan
  10. Tabuan-Lasa
  11. Tabuanon

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