<s>
Matheuristics	B-Algorithm
are	O
problem	O
agnostic	O
optimization	O
algorithms	O
that	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
mathematical	O
programming	O
(	O
MP	O
)	O
techniques	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
obtain	O
heuristic	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
essential	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
exploitation	O
in	O
some	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
algorithms	O
of	O
features	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
mathematical	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
problems	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
thus	O
the	O
definition	O
"	O
model-based	O
heuristics	O
"	O
appearing	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
some	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
conference	O
series	O
dedicated	O
to	O
matheuristics	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
word	O
of	O
caution	O
is	O
needed	O
before	O
delving	O
into	O
the	O
subject	O
,	O
because	O
obviously	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
MP	O
for	O
solving	O
optimization	O
problems	O
,	O
albeit	O
in	O
a	O
heuristic	O
way	O
,	O
is	O
much	O
older	O
and	O
much	O
more	O
widespread	O
than	O
matheuristics	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
approaches	O
using	O
MP	O
combined	O
with	O
metaheuristics	O
have	O
begun	O
to	O
appear	O
regularly	O
in	O
the	O
matheuristics	B-Algorithm
literature	O
.	O
</s>
