Randomness clumps, and randomness solves many, many problems. Be sure you understand first both your problems and the randomness you intend to introduce, other

Randomness clumps, and randomness solves many, many problems. Be sure you understand first both your problems and the randomness you intend to introduce, otherwise many, many things will break in bizarre ways. Single example: ballistic shotgun stochastic hill-(climbing|descending) will often get you a good enough solution far faster than most techniques that are more complex and more impenetrable.