%0 Journal Article %T Heuristics for the robust coloring problem %A Guti¨¦rrez-Andrade %A Miguel ¨¢ngel %A Lara-Vel¨¢zquez %A Pedro %A L¨®pez-Bracho %A Rafael %A Ram¨ªrez-Rodr¨ªguez %A Javier %J Revista de Matem¨¢tica Teor¨ªa y Aplicaciones %D 2011 %I Centro de Investigaciones en Matem¨¢tica Pura y Aplicada (CIMPA) %X let g and £¿ be complementary graphs. given a penalty function defined on the edges of £¿, we will say that the rigidity of a k-coloring of g is the sum of the penalties of the edges of £¿ joining vertices of the same color. based on the previous definition, the robust coloring problem (rcp) is stated as the search of the minimum rigidity kcoloring. in this work a comparison of heuristics based on simulated annealing, grasp and scatter search is presented. these are the best results for the rcp that have been obtained. %K graph coloring %K robust coloring %K heuristics. %U http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1409-24332011000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en