Research in hybrid metaheuristics is now established as a reference field in the
areas of optimization and problem solving. Hybrid metaheuristics have a strong
impact on applications because they provide efficient and powerful problem solving techniques for optimization problems in industry. Furthermore, the related
interdisciplinary research community provides a fertile environment where innovative techniques are presented and discussed.
The International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics pursues the direction
of combining application-oriented and foundational research. This is demonstrated
by the papers in the proceedings of this 7th HM event. The contributions
selected for this volume represent an important sample of current research
in hybrid metaheuristics. It is worth emphasizing that the selected papers cover
both theoretical and applicational results, including applications to logistics and
bioinformatics and new paradigmatic hybrid solvers