The goal of this book is to gather in a single document the most relevant concepts related to modern optimization methods showing how such concepts and methods can be addressed using the open source multi platform r tool modern optimization methods also known as metaheuristics are particularly. Modern optimization with rpdf available via license cc by 40 content may be subject to copyright jss journal of statistical software april 2016 v olume 70 book r eview 3 doi 1018637 . Buy modern optimization with r use r 2014 by cortez paulo isbn 9783319082622 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 1 introduction 2 r basics 3 blind search 4 local search 5 population based search 6 multi objective optimization 7 applications the goal of this book is to gather in a single document the most relevant concepts related to modern optimization methods showing how such concepts and methods can be addressed using the open source multi platform r tool modern optimization methods