They are instances of a method called hill climbing, which will be explained shortly.

Despite that, there are many cases when hill climbing is the best or perhaps the only practical approach:

This process of fine adjustment is a form of hill climbing.

Recall the version of hill climbing which depends on rules, in Chapter 2.

Often, graduated optimization gives better results than simple hill climbing.

A problem with hill climbing is that it will find only local maxima.

She needed a lot of rehab, from massage to slow hill climbing, and there was a good chance she'd need more surgery.

This effect is much reduced at lower speeds such as during hill climbing.

His car was more efficient than a horse for long distance travel and hill climbing.

This involves a moderate amount of hill climbing, but the views are spectacular.