tabu search

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tabu search tabu searches

Etymology

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

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