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In this paper, a new swarm intelligence algorithm based on orca behaviors is proposed for problem solving. The algorithm called artificial orca algorithm (AOA) consists of simulating the orca lifestyle and in particular the social…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-20 Habiba Drias , Lydia Sonia Bendimerad , Yassine Drias

Most optimization problems in real life applications are often highly nonlinear. Local optimization algorithms do not give the desired performance. So, only global optimization algorithms should be used to obtain optimal solutions. This…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2012-11-28 Mohammed El-Dosuky , Ahmed EL-Bassiouny , Taher Hamza , Magdy Rashad

Hyperparameter tuning is a critical yet computationally expensive step in training neural networks, particularly when the search space is high dimensional and nonconvex. Metaheuristic optimization algorithms are often used for this purpose…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Amaras Nazarians , Sachin Kumar

We introduce a framework for applying metaheuristic algorithms, such as ant colony optimization (ACO), to combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) like the traveling salesman problem (TSP). The framework consists of three sequential…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Ethan Davis

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

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

This paper research review Ant colony optimization (ACO) and Genetic Algorithm (GA), both are two powerful meta-heuristics. This paper explains some major defects of these two algorithm at first then proposes a new model for ACO in which,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-12 Hassan Ismkhan

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are population-based metaheuristics, originally inspired by aspects of natural evolution. Modern varieties incorporate a broad mixture of search mechanisms, and tend to blend inspiration from nature with…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-29 David W. Corne , Michael A. Lones

Over the last three decades more then sixty meta-heuristic algorithms have been proposed by the various authors. Such algorithms are inspired from physical phenomena, animal behavior or evolutionary concepts. These algorithms have been…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-27 Ashish Kumar Tripathi , Kapil Sharma , Manju Bala

Meta-heuristic techniques are important as they are used to find solutions to computationally intractable problems. Simplistic methods such as exhaustive search become computationally expensive and unreliable as the solution space for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Patrick Kenekayoro

A novel meta-heuristic algorithm, Egret Swarm Optimization Algorithm (ESOA), is proposed in this paper, which is inspired by two egret species' (Great Egret and Snowy Egret) hunting behavior. ESOA consists of three primary components:…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-08-01 Zuyan Chen , Adam Francis , Shuai Li , Bolin Liao , Dunhui Xiao

Bat Algorithm (BA) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic search algorithm designed to efficiently explore complex problem spaces and find near-optimal solutions. The algorithm is inspired by the echolocation behavior of bats, which acts as a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Shahla U. Umar , Tarik A. Rashid , Aram M. Ahmed , Bryar A. Hassan , Mohammed Rashad Baker

In management, business, economics, science, engineering, and research domains, Large Scale Global Optimization (LSGO) plays a predominant and vital role. Though LSGO is applied in many of the application domains, it is a very troublesome…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-10-10 Gutha Jaya Krishna , Vadlamani Ravi

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

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

This paper presents an in-depth survey and performance evaluation of the Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO) Algorithm. CSO is a robust and powerful metaheuristic swarm-based optimization approach that has received very positive feedback since its…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-03 Aram M. Ahmed , Tarik A. Rashid , Soran Ab. M. Saeed

Evolutionary computing, particularly genetic algorithm (GA), is a combinatorial optimization method inspired by natural selection and the transmission of genetic information, which is widely used to identify optimal solutions to complex…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Shanqing Yu , Meng Zhou , Jintao Zhou , Minghao Zhao , Yidan Song , Yao Lu , Zeyu Wang , Qi Xuan

This paper introduces an enhanced meta-heuristic (ML-ACO) that combines machine learning (ML) and ant colony optimization (ACO) to solve combinatorial optimization problems. To illustrate the underlying mechanism of our ML-ACO algorithm, we…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Yuan Sun , Sheng Wang , Yunzhuang Shen , Xiaodong Li , Andreas T. Ernst , Michael Kirley

Oilfield production optimization is challenging due to subsurface model complexity and associated non-linearity, large number of control parameters, large number of production scenarios, and subsurface uncertainties. Optimization involves…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Ajitabh Kumar

Artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm has proved its importance in solving a number of problems including engineering optimization problems. ABC algorithm is one of the most popular and youngest member of the family of population based…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-07-23 Sandeep Kumar , Vivek Kumar Sharma , Rajani Kumari