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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

This paper develops Penguin search Optimisation Algorithm (PeSOA), a new metaheuristic algorithm which is inspired by the foraging behaviours of penguins. A population of penguins located in the solution space of the given search and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Youcef Gheraibia , Abdelouahab Moussaoui , Peng-Yeng Yin , Yiannis Papadopoulos , Smaine Maazouzi

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

A series of modified cognitive-only particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms effectively mitigate premature convergence by constructing distinct vectors for different particles. However, the underutilization of these constructed vectors…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Zhenxing Zhang , Tianxian Zhang , Xiangliang Xu

Evolutionary neural architecture search (ENAS) employs evolutionary algorithms to find high-performing neural architectures automatically, and has achieved great success. However, compared to the empirical success, its rigorous theoretical…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Zeqiong Lv , Chao Qian , Yanan Sun

In this paper, a novel Snail Homing and Mating Search (SHMS) algorithm is proposed. It is inspired from the biological behaviour of the snails. Snails continuously travels to find food and a mate, leaving behind a trail of mucus that serves…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-10-09 Anand J Kulkarni , Ishaan R Kale , Apoorva Shastri , Aayush Khandekar

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

Ant colony optimization (ACO) has been applied to the field of combinatorial optimization widely. But the study of convergence theory of ACO is rare under general condition. In this paper, the authors try to find the evidence to prove that…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-10-25 Chao-Yang Pang , Chong-Bao Wang , Ben-Qiong Hu

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a family of nature-inspired metaheuristics often applied to finding approximate solutions to difficult optimization problems. Despite being significantly faster than exact methods, the ACOs can still be…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-07 Rafał Skinderowicz

When employing an evolutionary algorithm to optimize a neural networks architecture, developers face the added challenge of tuning the evolutionary algorithm's own hyperparameters - population size, mutation rate, cloning rate, and number…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Benjamin David Winter , William J. Teahan

Humans and most animals can learn new tasks without forgetting old ones. However, training artificial neural networks (ANNs) on new tasks typically cause it to forget previously learned tasks. This phenomenon is the result of "catastrophic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Nicolas Y. Masse , Gregory D. Grant , David J. Freedman

Seasonality is a distinctive characteristic which is often observed in many practical time series. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are a class of promising models for efficiently recognizing and forecasting seasonal patterns. In this…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ratnadip Adhikari , R. K. Agrawal , Laxmi Kant

Nowadays swarm intelligence-based algorithms are being used widely to optimize the dynamic traveling salesman problem (DTSP). In this paper, we have used mixed method of Ant Colony Optimization (AOC)and gradient descent to optimize DTSP…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-30 Farhad Soleimanian Gharehchopogh , Isa Maleki , Seyyed Reza Khaze

In recent years several swarm optimization algorithms, such as Bat Algorithm (BA) have emerged, which was proposed by Xin-She Yang in 2010. The idea of the algorithm was taken from the echolocation ability of bats. Purpose: The purpose of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Shahla U. Umar , Tarik A. Rashid

Learner Performance-based Behavior using Simulated Annealing (LPBSA) is an improvement of the Learner Performance-based Behavior (LPB) algorithm. LPBSA, like LPB, has been proven to deal with single and complex problems. Simulated Annealing…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Dana Rasul Hamad , Tarik A. Rashid

Clustering problems are considered amongst the prominent challenges in statistics and computational science. Clustering of nodes in wireless sensor networks which is used to prolong the life-time of networks is one of the difficult tasks of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-06-02 Reza Azizi , Hasan Sedghi , Hamid Shoja , Alireza Sepas-Moghaddam

This paper presents an advance on image interpolation based on ant colony algorithm (AACA) for high-resolution image scaling. The difference between the proposed algorithm and the previously proposed optimization of bilinear interpolation…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-28 Olivier Rukundo , Hanqiang Cao

Ant colony optimization (ACO) leverages the parameter $\alpha$ to modulate the decision function's sensitivity to pheromone levels, balancing the exploration of diverse solutions with the exploitation of promising areas. Identifying the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-30 Shintaro Mori , Taiyo Shimizu , Masato Hisakado , Kazuaki Nakayama

Biological swarms, such as ant colonies, achieve collective goals through decentralized and stochastic individual behaviors. Similarly, physical systems composed of gases, liquids, and solids exhibit random particle motion governed by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Lianhao Yin , Haiping Yu , Pascal Spino , Daniela Rus

Nature has long inspired the development of swarm intelligence (SI), a key branch of artificial intelligence that models collective behaviors observed in biological systems for solving complex optimization problems. Particle swarm…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Dikshit Chauhan , Shivani , P. N. Suganthan