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Reinforcement Learning (RL) has demonstrated significant potential in certain real-world industrial applications, yet its broader deployment remains limited by inherent challenges such as sample inefficiency and unstable learning dynamics.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Tom Maus , Asma Atamna , Tobias Glasmachers

Heuristic design with large language models (LLMs) has emerged as a promising approach for tackling combinatorial optimization problems (COPs). However, existing approaches often rely on manually predefined evolutionary computation (EC)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yiding Shi , Jianan Zhou , Wen Song , Jieyi Bi , Yaoxin Wu , Zhiguang Cao , Jie Zhang

Metaheuristic algorithms are becoming an important part of modern optimization. A wide range of metaheuristic algorithms have emerged over the last two decades, and many metaheuristics such as particle swarm optimization are becoming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-04 Xin-She Yang

Many optimization problems in science and engineering are highly nonlinear, and thus require sophisticated optimization techniques to solve. Traditional techniques such as gradient-based algorithms are mostly local search methods, and often…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-28 Xin-She Yang , Suash Deb , Sudhanshu K Mishra

As the complexity of neural network models has grown, it has become increasingly important to optimize their design automatically through metalearning. Methods for discovering hyperparameters, topologies, and learning rate schedules have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Santiago Gonzalez , Risto Miikkulainen

Optimization of neural network (NN) significantly influenced by the transfer function used in its active nodes. It has been observed that the homogeneity in the activation nodes does not provide the best solution. Therefore, the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-07 Varun Kumar Ojha , Ajith Abraham , Vaclav Snasel

Significant research has been carried out recently to find the optimal path in network routing. Among them, the evolutionary algorithm approach is an area where work is carried out extensively. We in this paper have used particle swarm…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-07-22 Kavitha Sooda , T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair

In solving multi-modal, multi-objective optimization problems (MMOPs), the objective is not only to find a good representation of the Pareto-optimal front (PF) in the objective space but also to find all equivalent Pareto-optimal subsets…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-24 Tapabrata Ray , Mohammad Mohiuddin Mamun , Hemant Kumar Singh

In swarm intelligence, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Differential Evolution (DE) have been successfully applied in many optimization tasks, and a large number of variants, where novel algorithm operators or components are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Rick Boks , Hao Wang , Thomas Bäck

Most machine learning algorithms are configured by one or several hyperparameters that must be carefully chosen and often considerably impact performance. To avoid a time consuming and unreproducible manual trial-and-error process to find…

This paper proposes a novel nature-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm called the Golden Tortoise Beetle Optimizer (GTBO) to solve optimization problems. It mimics golden tortoise beetle's behavior of changing colors to attract opposite sex…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Omid Tarkhaneh , Neda Alipour , Amirahmad Chapnevis , Haifeng Shen

Global optimization problems are frequently solved using the practical and efficient method of evolutionary sophistication. But as the original problem becomes more complex, so does its efficacy and expandability. Thus, the purpose of this…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Aso M. Aladdin , Tarik A. Rashid

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

A new metaheuristic optimisation algorithm, called Cuckoo Search (CS), was developed recently by Yang and Deb (2009). This paper presents a more extensive comparison study using some standard test functions and newly designed stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-12-24 Xin-She Yang , Suash Deb

Several Artificial Intelligence based heuristic and metaheuristic algorithms have been developed so far. These algorithms have shown their superiority towards solving complex problems from different domains. However, it is necessary to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-08 Ishaan R Kale , Anand J Kulkarni , Efren Mezura-Montes

(Aim) Dragon Boat Racing, a popular aquatic folklore team sport, is traditionally held during the Dragon Boat Festival. Inspired by this event, we propose a novel human-based meta-heuristic algorithm called dragon boat optimization (DBO) in…

Computation · Statistics 2023-11-28 Xiang Li , Long Lan , Husam Lahza , Shaowu Yang , Shuihua Wang , Wenjing Yang , Hengzhu Liu , Yudong Zhang

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

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

The Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is an evolutionary optimization algorithm based on swarm intelligence and inspired by the honey bees' food search behavior. Since the ABC algorithm has been developed to achieve optimal solutions by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Rafet Durgut

Random generators or stochastic engines are a key component in the structure of metaheuristic algorithms. This work investigates the effects of non-Gaussian stochastic engines on the performance of metaheuristics when solving a real-world…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-05-25 Timothy Ganesan , Pandian Vasant , Irraivan Elamvazuthi