Heuristics and Optimization for Knowledge Discovery Ruhul A. Sarker Hussein A. Abbass Charles S. Newton University of New South Wales, Australia Idea Group Publishing Information Science Publishing Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore • Beijing Acquisitions Editor: Managing Editor: Development Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Mehdi Khosrowpour Jan Travers Michele Rossi Elizabeth Arneson LeAnn Whitcomb Tedi Wingard Integrated Book Technology Published in the United States of America by Idea Group Publishing 1331 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033-1117 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: