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<h2>About</h2>
Information on the team of developers, contributors, and awards that HeuristicLab has received.
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  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersAbout">About HeuristicLab</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersManual">Quick Introduction</a></li>
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<h2>FAQ</h2>
Please check the frequently asked questions before consulting the mailinglist or writing support.
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  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersFAQ">Frequently asked questions</a></li>
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<h2>Development Center</h2>
HeuristicLab is continously improved and extended. Here you can access the roadmap with currently active tickets, view the timeline or browse the sources.
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  <li><a href="/roadmap">Roadmap</a></li>
  <li><a href="/query">Tickets</a></li>
  <li><a href="/timeline">Timeline</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/DocumentationDevelopmentCenter">Developer Resources</a></li>
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<h2>Video Tutorials</h2>
Video tutorials show how to use the HeuristicLab environment to complete tasks such as experiment analysis, algorithm prototyping or solving regression problems.
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Basic Tutorials</h3>
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  <li>Usability and Views</li>
  <li>Execute Algorithms</li>
  <li>Experiment Design and Analysis</li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Advanced Tutorials</h3>
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  <li>Custom Algorithms</li>
  <li>User-Defined Problems</li>
  <li>Experiment Execution in Hive</li>
  <li>Scripting</li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Application-specific Tutorials</h3>
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  <li>Symbolic Regression</li>
  <li>Symbolic Classification</li>
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<h2>Howtos</h2>
Howtos are detailed instructions that show how to work with HeuristicLab such as designing new problems in the GUI and how to extend HeuristicLab with new features that can be added in new plugins.
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Working with HeuristicLab</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosDefineCustomProblems">Define Custom Problems</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosOptimizingAnyLogicModels">Optimizing AnyLogic models</li>
  <li><a href="http://dev.heuristiclab.com/trac/hl/core/wiki/UsersHowtosOptimizingExternalApplications">Optimizing External Applications</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosUseHiveForOptimization">Use Hive for Optimization</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosUseHiveEngine">Use Hive Engine</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosHeuristicLabMono">Run HeuristicLab on Linux</a></li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Extending HeuristicLab</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementPluginsStepByStep">Create new Plugins</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosViews">Implement a View</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementAnAlgorithm">Implement a basic algorithm</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementCustomProblems">Implement custom problems</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementGeneticProgrammingProblems">Implement GP problems</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementANewVRPEncoding">Implement a new VRP encoding</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementANewVRPEvaluator">Implement a new VRP evaluator</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosImplementANewVRPProblemInstance">Implement a new VRP problem instance</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosIntegrateHL">Integrate HL in other applications</a></li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Additional Infrastructure</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosSetupHiveServer">Setup Hive Server</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosSetupHiveSlave">Setup Hive Slave</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosSetupOKBServer">Setup OKB Server</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersHowtosDevelopServices">Develop Services</a></li>
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<h2>Reference</h2>
HeuristicLab includes many algorithms, problems, and operators. Here several of these are explained in more detail.
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Algorithms</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/Genetic%20Algorithm">Genetic Algorithm</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/Evolution%20Strategy">Evolution Strategy</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/OSGA">Offspring Selection Genetic Algorithm</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/Particle%20Swarm%20Optimization">Particle Swarm Optimization</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/RobustTabooSearch">Robust Taboo Search</a></li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Problems</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/Artificial%20Ant%20Problem">Artificial Ant Problem</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/External%20Evaluation%20Problem">External Evaluation Problem</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/TestFunctions">Test Functions</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/Travelling%20Salesman%20Problem">Traveling Salesman Problem</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/Vehicle%20Routing%20Problem">Vehicle Routing Problem</a></li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Operators</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/Crossovers">GP Crossovers</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/Probabilistic%20Tree%20Creator">Probabilistic Tree Creator</a></li>
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<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.2em">Special Topics</h3>
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  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersGPDL">Genetic Programming Definition Language (GPDL)</a></li>
  <li><a href="/wiki/UsersSymbolicMusicSegmentation">Symbolic Music Segmentation</a></li>
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