เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การค้นหาบริเวณใกล้เคียงแปรผัน	Harmony Search
สาขาวิชา	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด	การหาค่าเหมาะที่สุด
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1997	2001
ผู้ริเริ่ม	—	Zong Woo Geem, Joong Hoon Kim, G. V. Loganathan
ประเภท	Metaheuristic — neighborhood-based	Metaheuristic population-based optimization
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Mladenović, N. & Hansen, P. (1997). Variable Neighborhood Search. Computers & Operations Research, 24(11), 1097–1100.	Geem, Z. W., Kim, J. H., & Loganathan, G. V. (2001). A New Heuristic Optimization Algorithm: Harmony Search. Simulation, 76(2), 60–68.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	VNS, Değişken Komşuluk Araması (VNS), variable neighbourhood search	HS algorithm, Harmoni Araması (Harmony Search), music-inspired optimization
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	4	5
สรุป	Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) is a metaheuristic optimization framework introduced by Mladenović and Hansen in 1997. It escapes local optima by systematically switching among a predefined set of neighborhood structures — first perturbing the current solution (shaking) to reach a different region of the search space, then applying a local search within that region, and finally accepting the new solution only if it improves the incumbent. The method is flexible enough to handle combinatorial problems (routing, scheduling, graph problems) as well as continuous optimization, making it one of the most widely used neighborhood-based metaheuristics in operations research.	Harmony Search (HS) is a population-based metaheuristic optimization algorithm introduced by Geem, Kim, and Loganathan in 2001. It mimics the improvisation process of jazz musicians seeking a perfect state of harmony, using three operators — memory consideration, pitch adjustment, and random selection — to generate candidate solutions. The algorithm applies to both continuous and discrete variables and has found wide use in engineering design, water distribution network optimization, and combinatorial problems.