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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…

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The challenge of finding a global optimum in a solution search space with limited resources and higher accuracy has given rise to several optimization algorithms. Generally, the gradient-based optimizers converge to the global solution very…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Subhrangshu Adhikary

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

This study proposes a novel artificial protozoa optimizer (APO) that is inspired by protozoa in nature. The APO mimics the survival mechanisms of protozoa by simulating their foraging, dormancy, and reproductive behaviors. The APO was…

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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…

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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…

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Many engineering problems involve the optimization of computationally expensive models for which derivative information is not readily available. The Bayesian optimization (BO) framework is a particularly promising approach for solving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-10 Joel A. Paulson , Congwen Lu

Meta-heuristic algorithms are widely used to tackle complex optimization problems, including nonlinear, multimodal, and high-dimensional tasks. However, many existing methods suffer from premature convergence, limited exploration, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Zhaoqi Sun , Qingsong Wang

According to the no-free-lunch theorem, there is no single meta-heuristic algorithm that can optimally solve all optimization problems. This motivates many researchers to continuously develop new optimization algorithms. In this paper, a…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-12 Zhixi Li , Vincent Tam

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

In this modern era a great deal of metamorphism is observed around us which eventuate due to some minute modifications and innovations in the area of Science and Technology. This paper deals with the application of a meta heuristic…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2014-06-12 A. Sai Charan , N. K. Manasa , Prof. N. V. S. N. Sarma

Bayesian optimization (BO ) is an effective method for optimizing expensive-to-evaluate black-box functions. While high-dimensional problems can be particularly challenging, due to the multitude of parameter choices and the potentially high…

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Swarm intelligence is a research field that models the collective behavior in swarms of insects or animals. Several algorithms arising from such models have been proposed to solve a wide range of complex optimization problems. In this…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-06-13 Erik Cuevas , Miguel Cienfuegos , Daniel Zaldivar , Marco Perez

The study of online algorithms with machine-learned predictions has gained considerable prominence in recent years. One of the common objectives in the design and analysis of such algorithms is to attain (Pareto) optimal tradeoffs between…

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Traffic simulation and digital-twin calibration is a challenging optimization problem with a limited simulation budget. Each trial requires an expensive simulation run, and the relationship between calibration inputs and model error is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Abhilasha Saroj , Shaked Regev , Guanhao Xu , Jinghui Yuan , Roy Luo , Ross Wang

Evolutionary strategies have recently been shown to achieve competing levels of performance for complex optimization problems in reinforcement learning. In such problems, one often needs to optimize an objective function subject to a set of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Youssef Diouane , Aurelien Lucchi , Vihang Patil

This paper presents a powerful swarm intelligence meta-heuristic optimization algorithm called Dynamic Cat Swarm Optimization. The formulation is through modifying the existing Cat Swarm Optimization. The original Cat Swarm Optimization…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Aram Ahmed , Tarik A. Rashid , Soran Saeed

Electromagnetismlike Optimization (EMO) is a global optimization algorithm, particularly well suited to solve problems featuring nonlinear and multimodal cost functions. EMO employs searcher agents that emulate a population of charged…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-05-21 Erik Cuevas , Diego Oliva , Daniel Zaldivar , Marco Perez , Gonzalo Pajares

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…

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