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A significant challenge in nature-inspired algorithmics is the identification of specific characteristics of problems that make them harder (or easier) to solve using specific methods. The hope is that, by identifying these characteristics,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-05-06 Matthew Crossley , Andy Nisbet , Martyn Amos

Starting from the idea that the underlying mechanisms driving the observable processes in nature are algorithmic, we exemplify this in two ways: nature works as a computing machine and thus the processes running on it optimize themselves in…

General Physics · Physics 2012-07-24 D. A. Pop , G. M. Mocanu , G. Arghir

Much as replacing hand-designed features with learned functions has revolutionized how we solve perceptual tasks, we believe learned algorithms will transform how we train models. In this work we focus on general-purpose learned optimizers…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-24 Luke Metz , Niru Maheswaranathan , C. Daniel Freeman , Ben Poole , Jascha Sohl-Dickstein

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

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

The domain of metaheuristic optimization has become vibrant due to a flood of new algorithms using a new nature-inspired metaphor but lacking clear methodological novelty. The Criticism behind the development of these algorithms has reached…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Iztok Fister , Žan Hozjan , Iztok Fister, , Damjan Strnad

We present a heuristic algorithm for solving the problem of scheduling plans of tasks. The plans are ordered vectors of tasks, and tasks are basic operations carried out by resources. Plans are tied by temporal, precedence and resource…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Davide Andrea Guastella

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

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

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

In this research we used bio-inspired metaheuristics, as artificial immune systems and ant colony algorithms that are based on a number of characteristics and behaviors of living things that are interesting in the computer science area.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Edson Florez , Nelson Diaz , Wilfredo Gomez , Lola Bautista , Dario Delgado

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

In recent years, bio-inspired optimization methods, which mimic biological processes to solve complex problems, have gained popularity in recent literature. The proliferation of proposals prove the growing interest in this field. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-18 Daniel Molina , Javier Poyatos , Javier Del Ser , Salvador García , Amir Hussain , Francisco Herrera

The Algorithm Selection Problem is concerned with selecting the best algorithm to solve a given problem on a case-by-case basis. It has become especially relevant in the last decade, as researchers are increasingly investigating how to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-10-31 Lars Kotthoff

The advantages of evolutionary algorithms with respect to traditional methods have been greatly discussed in the literature. While particle swarm optimizers share such advantages, they outperform evolutionary algorithms in that they require…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-01-28 Johann Sienz , Mauro S. Innocente

In nearly every discipline, scientific computations are limited by the cost and speed of computation. For example, the best-known exact algorithms for the canonical Traveling Salesman Problem would take centuries to run on an instance of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-04 Jeffery Li , Jayson Lynch , Liva Olina , Cecilia Chen , Andrew Lucas , Neil Thompson

Genetic algorithms are modeled after the biological evolutionary processes that use natural selection to select the best species to survive. They are heuristics based and low cost to compute. Genetic algorithms use selection, crossover, and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Mee Seong Im , Venkat R. Dasari

In this paper we address several constrained transportation optimization problems (e.g. vehicle routing, shortest Hamiltonian path), for which we present novel algorithmic solutions and extensions, considering several optimization…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-03-24 Mugurel Ionut Andreica , Sorin Briciu , Madalina Ecaterina Andreica

Nowadays hybrid evolutionary algorithms, i.e, heuristic search algorithms combining several mutation operators some of which are meant to implement stochastically a well known technique designed for the specific problem in question while…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-04-23 Boris Mitavskiy , Jun He

Numerical optimization of complex systems benefits from the technological development of computing platforms in the last twenty years. Unfortunately, this is still not enough, and a large computational time is still necessary when…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Daniele Peri