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In the field of derivative-free optimization, both of its main branches, the deterministic and nature-inspired techniques, experienced in recent years substantial advancement. In this paper, we provide an extensive computational comparison…

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Optimization algorithms are normally influenced by meta-heuristic approach. In recent years several hybrid methods for optimization are developed to find out a better solution. The proposed work using meta-heuristic Nature Inspired…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-06-26 Sudarshan Nandy , Partha Pratim Sarkar , Achintya Das

Nature-inspired algorithms are among the most powerful algorithms for optimization. In this study, a new nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm, called bat algorithm (BA), is introduced for solving engineering optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-29 Xin-She Yang , Amir H. Gandomi

Taking the role of a computer naturalist, a journey is taken through bio inspired algorithms taking account on algorithms which are inspired on living being behaviors. A compilation of algorithms is made considering several reviews or…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Luis Torres-Treviño

In the past 30 years, scientists have searched nature, including animals and insects, and biology in order to discover, understand, and model solutions for solving large-scale science challenges. The study of bionics reveals that how the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Farid Ghareh Mohammadi , Farzan Shenavarmasouleh , Khaled Rasheed , Thiab Taha , M. Hadi Amini , Hamid R. Arabnia

Metaheuristic algorithms are currently widely used to solve a variety of optimization problems across various industries. This article discusses the application of a metaheuristic algorithm to optimize the hierarchical architecture of an…

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Machine Learning algorithms have been extensively researched throughout the last decade, leading to unprecedented advances in a broad range of applications, such as image classification and reconstruction, object recognition, and text…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Gustavo H. de Rosa , Mateus Roder , João Paulo Papa , Claudio F. G. dos Santos

Hybrid metaheuristics are powerful techniques for solving difficult optimization problems that exploit the strengths of different approaches in a single implementation. For algorithm designers, however, creating hybrid metaheuristic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Christian Camacho-Villalón , Marco Dorigo , Thomas Stützle

Solving an optimization task in any domain is a very challenging problem, especially when dealing with nonlinear problems and non-convex functions. Many meta-heuristic algorithms are very efficient when solving nonlinear functions. A…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Mona Nasr , Omar Farouk , Ahmed Mohamedeen , Ali Elrafie , Marwan Bedeir , Ali Khaled

Complex engineering problems can be modelled as optimisation problems. For instance, optimising engines, materials, components, structure, aerodynamics, navigation, control, logistics, and planning is essential in aerospace. Metaheuristics…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Carlos Alberto da Silva Junior , Marconi de Arruda Pereira , Angelo Passaro

Swarm intelligence has becoming a powerful technique in solving design and scheduling tasks. Metaheuristic algorithms are an integrated part of this paradigm, and particle swarm optimization is often viewed as an important landmark. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-03-27 Xin-She Yang

Evolutionary algorithms are metaheuristic techniques that derive inspiration from the natural process of evolution. They can efficiently solve (generate acceptable quality of solution in reasonable time) complex optimization (NP-Hard)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-12-20 Anupriya Gogna , Akash Tayal

Nature-inspired swarm-based algorithms have been widely applied to tackle high-dimensional and complex optimization problems across many disciplines. They are general purpose optimization algorithms, easy to use and implement, flexible and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Kwok Pui Choi , Enzio Hai Hong Kam , Tze Leung Lai , Xin T. Tong , Weng Kee Wong

Feature selection for a given model can be transformed into an optimization task. The essential idea behind it is to find the most suitable subset of features according to some criterion. Nature-inspired optimization can mitigate this…

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The art of solving the Mastermind puzzle was initiated by Donald Knuth and is already more than 30 years old; despite that, it still receives much attention in operational research and computer games journals, not to mention the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-12-15 Tomas Philip Runarsson , Juan J. Merelo-Guervos

Nature-inspired algorithms are among the most powerful algorithms for optimization. This paper intends to provide a detailed description of a new Firefly Algorithm (FA) for multimodal optimization applications. We will compare the proposed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-03-09 Xin-She Yang

Research on new optimization algorithms is often funded based on the motivation that such algorithms might improve the capabilities to deal with real-world and industrially relevant optimization challenges. Besides a huge variety of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Ramses Sala , Ralf Müller

Almost all optimization algorithms have algorithm-dependent parameters, and the setting of such parameter values can largely influence the behaviour of the algorithm under consideration. Thus, proper parameter tuning should be carried out…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Geethu Joy , Christian Huyck , Xin-She Yang

Although researchers often comment on the rising popularity of nature-inspired meta-heuristics (NIM), there has been a paucity of data to directly support the claim that NIM are growing in prominence compared to other optimization…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2011-01-24 James M Whitacre