Intelligent Optimization

Optimization plus Machine Learning for Reliable Artificial Intelligence
Roberto Battiti, Kevin Tierney and Mauro Brunato

The strong coupling between Mathematical Optimization and Machine Learning pioneered by LION is rapidly gaining momentum in different research and business projects.

This book presents two topics which are in most cases separated: Machine Learning (the design of flexible models from data) and Intelligent Optimization (the automated creation and selection of optimal or improving solutions). More and more innovative people can now master the source of power arising from LION techniques to solve problems, improve businesses, create new applications.
Powerful tools are not only for cognoscenti and this book does a serious effort to distinguish the paradigm shift brought about by machine learning and intelligent optimization methods from the fine details, and it does not refrain from presenting concrete examples and vivid sticky images (made to stick to your mind).

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Our book will be available for free on this web site starting June 10, 2026 at 12:00pm GMT.

Please cite our book as:
Roberto Battiti, Kevin Tierney, Mauro Brunato
Intelligent Optimization — Optimization plus Machine Learning for Reliable Artificial Intelligence.
LION association, Italy, 2026.
[ BibTeX ]
@book {
   author = "Roberto Battiti and Kevin Tierney and Mauro Brunato",
   title = "Intelligent Optimization - Optimization plus Machine Learning for Reliable Artificial Intelligence.",
   publisher = "LION association, Italy",
   year = "2026",
   url = "http://intelligent-optimization.org/iobook/"
}