Bayesian Tabu Search — Probabilistic guidance integrated with memory-based local search

Bayesian Tabu Search (BTS) is a hybrid metaheuristic that couples the memory-based forbidden-move mechanism of classic Tabu Search with a Bayesian probabilistic model. The Bayesian component learns from past evaluations to score candidate moves, focusing the search on promising regions while the tabu list prevents cycling. This combination reduces wasted function evaluations in expensive combinatorial and continuous optimization problems.