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This paper introduces a Multi-Strategy Improved Black Widow Optimization Algorithm (MSBWOA), designed to enhance the performance of the standard Black Widow Algorithm (BW) in solving complex optimization problems. The proposed algorithm…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Xin Xu

Due to its simplicity and versatility, k-means remains popular since it was proposed three decades ago. The performance of k-means has been enhanced from different perspectives over the years. Unfortunately, a good trade-off between quality…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-12-06 Wan-Lei Zhao , Cheng-Hao Deng , Chong-Wah Ngo

With the widespread application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in domains like military reconnaissance, emergency rescue, and logistics delivery, efficiently planning the shortest flight path has become a critical challenge. Traditional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Zuhao Teng , Qian Dong , Ze Zhang , Shuangyao Huang , Wenzhang Zhang , Jingchen Wang , Ji Li , Xi Chen

This paper discusses a new variant of the Henry Gas Solubility Optimization (HGSO) Algorithm, called Hybrid HGSO (HHGSO). Unlike its predecessor, HHGSO allows multiple clusters serving different individual meta-heuristic algorithms (i.e.,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Kamal Z. Zamli , Md. Abdul Kader , Saiful Azad , Bestoun S. Ahmed

It is essential that all algorithms are exhaustively, somewhat, and intelligently evaluated. Nonetheless, evaluating the effectiveness of optimization algorithms equitably and fairly is not an easy process for various reasons. Choosing and…

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

Recently the engineering optimization problems require large computational demands and long solution time even on high multi-processors computational devices. In this paper, an OpenMP inspired parallel version of the whale optimization…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Amr M. Sauber , Mohammed M. Nasef , Essam H. Houssein , Aboul Ella Hassanien

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

This study addresses a critical gap in the literature regarding the use of Swarm Intelligence Optimization (SI) algorithms for client selection in Federated Learning (FL), with a focus on cybersecurity applications. Existing research…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Koffka Khan , Wayne Goodridge

The K-means algorithm is one of the most widely studied clustering algorithms in machine learning. While extensive research has focused on its ability to achieve a globally optimal solution, there still lacks a rigorous analysis of its…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Mingyi Li , Michael R. Metel , Akiko Takeda

Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) is a nature-inspired meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, which was proposed by Mirjalili and Lewis in 2016. This algorithm has shown its ability to solve many problems. Comprehensive surveys have been…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Hardi M. Mohammed , Shahla U. Umar , Tarik A. Rashid

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

Sea Horse Optimizer (SHO) is a noteworthy metaheuristic algorithm that emulates various intelligent behaviors exhibited by sea horses, encompassing feeding patterns, male reproductive strategies, and intricate movement patterns. To mimic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Fatma A. Hashim , Reham R. Mostafa , Ruba Abu Khurma , Raneem Qaddoura , P. A. Castillo

Data mining focuses on discovering interesting, non-trivial and meaningful information from large datasets. Data clustering is one of the unsupervised and descriptive data mining task which group data based on similarity features and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Pitawelayalage Dasun Dileepa Pitawela , Gamage Upeksha Ganegoda

K-means Clustering is the most well-known partitioning algorithm among all clustering, by which we can partition the data objects very easily in to more than one clusters. However, for K-means to choose an appropriate number of clusters…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-22 Afroj Alam

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

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

Most real-world optimization problems often come with multiple global optima or local optima. Therefore, increasing niching metaheuristic algorithms, which devote to finding multiple optima in a single run, are developed to solve these…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-07-08 Bing Zeng , Xinyu Li , Liang Gao , Yuyan Zhang , Haozhen Dong

This paper proposes an advanced hybrid optimization (GMPA) algorithm to effectively address the inherent limitations of the Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) when applied to complex optimization scenarios. Specifically, GMPA integrates essential…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Amin Abdollahi Dehkordi , Mehdi Neshat

K-means clustering is a cornerstone of data mining, but its efficiency deteriorates when confronted with massive datasets. To address this limitation, we propose a novel heuristic algorithm that leverages the Variable Neighborhood Search…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Ravil Mussabayev , Rustam Mussabayev