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Optimization aims at selecting a feasible set of parameters in an attempt to solve a particular problem, being applied in a wide range of applications, such as operations research, machine learning fine-tuning, and control engineering,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Gustavo H. de Rosa , Douglas Rodrigues , João P. Papa

We propose a general-purpose method for finding high-quality solutions to hard optimization problems, inspired by self-organizing processes often found in nature. The method, called Extremal Optimization, successively eliminates extremely…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-07-06 S. Boettcher , A. Percus

Optimization algorithms are normally influenced by meta-heuristic approach. In recent years several hybrid methods for optimization are developed to find out a better solution. The proposed work using meta-heuristic Nature Inspired…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-06-26 Sudarshan Nandy , Partha Pratim Sarkar , Achintya Das

Optimization plays an important role in tackling public health problems. Animal instincts can be used effectively to solve complex public health management issues by providing optimal or approximately optimal solutions to complicated…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Eliuvish Cuicizion , Haowen Xu , Weng Kee Wong

In the last years, one of the fields of artificial intelligence that has been investigated the most is nature-inspired computing. The research done on this specific topic showcases the interest that sparks in researchers and practitioners,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-11-21 Eneko Osaba , Gorka Benguria , Jesus L. Lobo , Josu Diaz-de-Arcaya , Juncal Alonso , Iñaki Etxaniz

We propose a novel, flexible algorithm for combining together metaheuristicoptimizers for non-convex optimization problems. Our approach treatsthe constituent optimizers as a team of complex agents that communicateinformation amongst each…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-06 Sujit Pramod Khanna , Alexander Ororbia

In [1], we have explored the theoretical aspects of feature selection and evolutionary algorithms. In this chapter, we focus on optimization algorithms for enhancing data analytic process, i.e., we propose to explore applications of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-26 Farid Ghareh Mohammadi , M. Hadi Amini , Hamid R. Arabnia

Metaheuristic algorithms are optimization methods that are inspired by real phenomena in nature or the behavior of living beings, e.g., animals, to be used for solving complex problems, as in engineering, energy optimization, health care,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Ardalan H. Awlla , Tarik A. Rashid , Ronak M. Abdullah

Optimization problems in engineering and applied mathematics are typically solved in an iterative fashion, by systematically adjusting the variables of interest until an adequate solution is found. The iterative algorithms that govern these…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Laurent Lessard

Large-scale problems are nonlinear problems that need metaheuristics, or global optimization algorithms. This paper reviews nature-inspired metaheuristics, then it introduces a framework named Competitive Ant Colony Optimization inspired by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-12-17 M. A. El-Dosuky

A notion of quantum natural evolution strategies is introduced, which provides a geometric synthesis of a number of known quantum/classical algorithms for performing classical black-box optimization. Recent work of Gomes et al. [2019] on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-23 Tianchen Zhao , Giuseppe Carleo , James Stokes , Shravan Veerapaneni

This paper reviews recent advances in big data optimization, providing the state-of-art of this emerging field. The main focus in this review are optimization techniques being applied in big data analysis environments. Integer linear…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Ricardo Di Pasquale , Javier Marenco

Nonlinear constrained optimization problems are encountered in many scientific fields. To utilize the huge calculation power of current computers, many mathematic models are also rebuilt as optimization problems. Most of them have…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-03 Wei Zhang , Xudong Shi , Liwen Wang

Metaheuristic algorithms are currently widely used to solve a variety of optimization problems across various industries. This article discusses the application of a metaheuristic algorithm to optimize the hierarchical architecture of an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Ruslan Zakirzyanov

Firefly algorithm is a nature-inspired optimization algorithm and there have been significant developments since its appearance about ten years ago. This chapter summarizes the latest developments about the firefly algorithm and its…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-06 Xin-She Yang , Xingshi He

Evolutionary processes proved very useful for solving optimization problems. In this work, we build a formalization of the notion of cooperation and competition of multiple systems working toward a common optimization goal of the population…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Mark Burgin , Eugene Eberbach

Evolution Strategies are inspired in biology and part of a larger research field known as Evolutionary Algorithms. Those strategies perform a random search in the space of admissible functions, aiming to optimize some given objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-12-30 Pedro A. F. Cruz , Delfim F. M. Torres

With the rapid upliftment of technology, there has emerged a dire need to fine-tune or optimize certain processes, software, models or structures, with utmost accuracy and efficiency. Optimization algorithms are preferred over other methods…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-03 Thounaojam Chinglemba , Soujanyo Biswas , Debashish Malakar , Vivek Meena , Debojyoti Sarkar , Anupam Biswas

Bio-inspired optimization (including Evolutionary Computation and Swarm Intelligence) is a growing research topic with many competitive bio-inspired algorithms being proposed every year. In such an active area, preparing a successful…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Antonio LaTorre , Daniel Molina , Eneko Osaba , Javier Del Ser , Francisco Herrera

Optimization is an integral part of modern deep learning. Recently, the concept of learned optimizers has emerged as a way to accelerate this optimization process by replacing traditional, hand-crafted algorithms with meta-learned…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-13 Jan Sobotka , Petr Šimánek , Daniel Vašata