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Flower pollination is an intriguing process in the natural world. Its evolutionary characteristics can be used to design new optimization algorithms. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm, namely, flower pollination algorithm, inspired…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-20 Xin-She Yang

Evolution Strategies are inspired in biology and part of a larger research field known as Evolutionary Algorithms. Those strategies perform a random search in the space of admissible functions, aiming to optimize some given objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-12-30 Pedro A. F. Cruz , Delfim F. M. Torres

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

Predicting student performance is key in leveraging effective pre-failure interventions for at-risk students. As educational data grows larger, more effective means of analyzing student data in a timely manner are needed in order to provide…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Thomas Trask

One of the most recently developed heuristic optimization algorithms is dragonfly by Mirjalili. Dragonfly algorithm has shown its ability to optimizing different real world problems. It has three variants. In this work, an overview of the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-09 Chnoor M. Rahman , Tarik A. Rashid

In the last few years, the formulation of real-world optimization problems and their efficient solution via metaheuristic algorithms has been a catalyst for a myriad of research studies. In spite of decades of historical advancements on the…

We present a new social animal inspired emotional swarm intelligence technique. This technique is used to solve a variant of the popular collective robots problem called foraging. We show with a simulation study how simple interaction rules…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-28 Esh Vckay , Debasish Ghose

The goal of this paper is twofold. First, it explores hybrid evolutionary-swarm metaheuristics that combine the features of PSO and GA in a sequential, parallel and consecutive manner in comparison with their standard basic form: Genetic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Piotr Urbańczyk , Aleksandra Urbańczyk , Magdalena Król , Leszek Rutkowski , Marek Kisiel-Dorohinicki

Optimization techniques, used to get the optimal solution in search spaces, have not solved the time-consuming problem. The objective of this study is to tackle the sequential processing problem in Monkey Algorithm and simulating the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-15 Moustafa Zein , Aboul Ella Hassanien , Ammar Adl , Adam Slowik

This paper introduce a software system including widely-used Swarm Intelligence algorithms or approaches to be used for the related scientific research studies associated with the subject area. The programmatic infrastructure of the system…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-04-05 Utku Kose

This paper proposes a new numerical optimization algorithm inspired by the strawberry plant for solving complicated engineering problems. Plants like strawberry develop both runners and roots for propagation and search for water resources…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-07-29 F. Merrikh-Bayat

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

Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) suffers from limited global search ability, slow convergence, and tendency to fall into local optima, restricting its effectiveness in hyperparameter optimization for machine learning models. To address…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Junhao Wei , Yanzhao Gu , Ran Zhang , Mingjing Huang , Jinhong Song , Yanxiao Li , Wenxuan Zhu , Yapeng Wang , Zikun Li , Zhiwen Wang , Xu Yang , Ngai Cheong

The Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is recognized as a novel meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by the social leadership hierarchy and hunting mechanism of grey wolves. It is well-known for its simple parameter setting, fast convergence speed, and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Jianhua Jiang , Ziying Zhao , Weihua Li , Keqin Li

Firefly algorithm is a nature-inspired optimization algorithm and there have been significant developments since its appearance about ten years ago. This chapter summarizes the latest developments about the firefly algorithm and its…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-06 Xin-She Yang , Xingshi He

We present a set of metrics intended to supplement designer intuitions when designing swarm-robotic systems, increase accuracy in extrapolating swarm behavior from algorithmic descriptions and small test experiments, and lead to faster and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-26 John Harwell , Maria Gini

This paper first proposes the Halfway Escape Optimization (HEO) algorithm, a quantum-inspired metaheuristic designed to address general optimization problems. The HEO mimics the effects between quantum such as tunneling, entanglement. After…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Jiawen Li , Anwar PP Abdul Majeed , Pascal Lefevre

Nature is an inhabitant for enormous number of species. All the species do perform complex activities with simple and elegant rules for their survival. The property of emergence of collective behavior is remarkably supporting their…

In order to better understand and analyze the currently widely used population-based metaheuristic optimization algorithms, , this paper proposes a novel computational intelligence algorithm called bare bones grey wolf optimizer (BBGWO)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-10 Haoxin Wang , Libao Shi

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are essential for monitoring and communication in complex environments, where coverage optimization directly affects performance and energy efficiency. However, traditional algorithms such as the Whale…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Junhao Wei , Yanzhao Gu , Ran Zhang , Yanxiao Li , Wenxuan Zhu , Jinhong Song , Yapeng Wang , Xu Yang , Ngai Cheong