Dear all,   
      
   I have a question about heuristics that I hope someone could help me   
   with.   
      
   Imagine a general heuristic problem. In general, as one increases the   
   number of variables that need to be optimized, the number of local   
   optima in this optimization surface increases. Although this seems to   
   make sense intuitively, I'm looking for papers/books/people addressing   
   this issue. In particular, I'd like to know if this increase in the   
   number of local optima is a general phenomenon in optimization   
   problems.   
      
   I'd appreciate any input you might have.   
      
   Please send responses to my email: jas2339@yahoo.com   
      
   Thanks a lot!   
      
   Jason   
      
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