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Metaheuristic algorithms are often nature-inspired, and they are becoming very powerful in solving global optimization problems. More than a dozen of major metaheuristic algorithms have been developed over the last three decades, and there…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-05-19 Xin-She Yang

Metaheuristic algorithms are essential for solving complex optimization problems in different fields. However, the difficulty in comparing and rating these algorithms remains due to the wide range of performance metrics and problem…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Evgenia-Maria K. Goula , Dimitris G. Sotiropoulos

Metaheuristics (MHs) in general and Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) in particular are well known tools for successful optimization of difficult problems. But when is their application meaningful and how does one approach such a project as a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-07-26 Wilfried Jakob

One of the most critical issues in machine learning is the selection of appropriate hyper parameters for training models. Machine learning models may be able to reach the best training performance and may increase the ability to generalize…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-23 Caner Erden , Halil Ibrahim Demir , Abdullah Hulusi Kökçam

Nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms are important components of artificial intelligence, and are increasingly used across disciplines to tackle various types of challenging optimization problems. This paper demonstrates the usefulness…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Elvis Han Cui , Zizhao Zhang , Culsome Junwen Chen , Weng Kee Wong

Metaheuristics are general methods that guide application of concrete heuristic(s) to problems that are too hard to solve using exact algorithms. However, even though a growing body of literature has been devoted to their statistical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-04-02 Miloš Simić

Increasing nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms are applied to solving the real-world optimization problems, as they have some advantages over the classical methods of numerical optimization. This paper has proposed a new…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-08-10 Bing Zeng , Liang Gao , Xinyu Li

Solving complex real problems often demands advanced algorithms, and then continuous improvements in the internal operations of a search technique are needed. Hybrid algorithms, parallel techniques, theoretical advances, and much more are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Tomohiro Harada , Enrique Alba , Gabriel Luque

We consider global non-convex optimisation problems under uncertainty. In this setting, it is not possible to implement a desired solution exactly. Instead, any other solution within some distance to the intended solution may be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-24 Martin Hughes , Marc Goerigk , Trivikram Dokka

In this paper, a new meta-heuristic algorithm, called beetle swarm optimization algorithm, is proposed by enhancing the performance of swarm optimization through beetle foraging principles. The performance of 23 benchmark functions is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Tiantian Wang , Long Yang

We propose a novel, flexible algorithm for combining together metaheuristicoptimizers for non-convex optimization problems. Our approach treatsthe constituent optimizers as a team of complex agents that communicateinformation amongst each…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-06 Sujit Pramod Khanna , Alexander Ororbia

This paper presents the constrained Hybrid Metaheuristic (cHM) algorithm as a general framework for continuous optimisation. Unlike many existing metaheuristics that are tailored to specific function classes or problem domains, cHM is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Piotr A. Kowalski , Szymon Kucharczyk , Jacek Mańdziuk

Following decades of sustained improvement, metaheuristics are one of the great success stories of optimization research. However, in order for research in metaheuristics to avoid fragmentation and a lack of reproducibility, there is a…

Swarm intelligence and bio-inspired algorithms form a hot topic in the developments of new algorithms inspired by nature. These nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms can be based on swarm intelligence, biological systems, physical and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-17 Iztok Fister , Xin-She Yang , Iztok Fister , Janez Brest , Dušan Fister

Portfolio optimization is a critical area in finance, aiming to maximize returns while minimizing risk. Metaheuristic algorithms were shown to solve complex optimization problems efficiently, with Genetic Algorithms and Particle Swarm…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2025-03-21 Hang Kin Poon

Theoretical analyses of stochastic search algorithms, albeit few, have always existed since these algorithms became popular. Starting in the nineties a systematic approach to analyse the performance of stochastic search heuristics has been…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Per Kristian Lehre , Pietro S. Oliveto

Metaheuristic algorithms, widely used for solving complex non-convex and non-differentiable optimization problems, often lack a solid mathematical foundation. In this review, we explore how concepts and methods from kinetic theory can offer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-15 Giacomo Borghi , Michael Herty , Lorenzo Pareschi

One of the popular metaheuristic search algorithms is Harmony Search (HS). It has been verified that HS can find solutions to optimization problems due to its balanced exploratory and convergence behavior and its simple and flexible…

Hyperparameter optimization (HPO) is a necessary step to ensure the best possible performance of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. Several methods have been developed to perform HPO; most of these are focused on optimizing one performance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Alejandro Morales-Hernández , Inneke Van Nieuwenhuyse , Sebastian Rojas Gonzalez

Most metaheuristic algorithms rely on a few searched solutions to guide later searches during the convergence process for a simple reason: the limited computing resource of a computer makes it impossible to retain all the searched…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-06-02 Chun-Wei Tsai , Yi-Cheng Yang , Tzu-Chieh Tang , Che-Wei Hsu