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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

One of the most recently developed heuristic optimization algorithms is dragonfly by Mirjalili. Dragonfly algorithm has shown its ability to optimizing different real world problems. It has three variants. In this work, an overview of the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-09 Chnoor M. Rahman , Tarik A. Rashid

Swarm intelligence and bio-inspired algorithms form a hot topic in the developments of new algorithms inspired by nature. These nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms can be based on swarm intelligence, biological systems, physical and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-17 Iztok Fister , Xin-She Yang , Iztok Fister , Janez Brest , Dušan Fister

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

We address the relatively unexplored problem of hyper-parameter optimization (HPO) for federated learning (FL-HPO). We introduce Federated Loss SuRface Aggregation (FLoRA), a general FL-HPO solution framework that can address use cases of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Yi Zhou , Parikshit Ram , Theodoros Salonidis , Nathalie Baracaldo , Horst Samulowitz , Heiko Ludwig

This review explores the application of intelligent optimization algorithms to Multi-Objective Optimal Power Flow (MOPF) in enhancing modern power systems. It delves into the challenges posed by the integration of renewables, smart grids,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Yuyan Li

Heuristic algorithms such as simulated annealing, Concorde, and METIS are effective and widely used approaches to find solutions to combinatorial optimization problems. However, they are limited by the high sample complexity required to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Qingpeng Cai , Will Hang , Azalia Mirhoseini , George Tucker , Jingtao Wang , Wei Wei

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a key tool for planning and operations in energy grids. The line-flow constraints, generator loading effect, piece-wise cost functions, emission, and voltage quality cost make the optimization model non-convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-20 Alireza Barzegar , Ali Sadollah , Rong Su

The FOX optimizer, inspired by red fox hunting behavior, is a powerful algorithm for solving real-world and engineering problems. However, despite balancing exploration and exploitation, it can prematurely converge to local optima, as agent…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Dler O. Hasan , Hardi M. Mohammed , Zrar Khalid Abdul

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

Bayesian Optimisation (BO) refers to a suite of techniques for global optimisation of expensive black box functions, which use introspective Bayesian models of the function to efficiently search for the optimum. While BO has been applied…

Agents of any metaheuristic algorithms are moving in two modes, namely exploration and exploitation. Obtaining robust results in any algorithm is strongly dependent on how to balance between these two modes. Whale optimization algorithm as…

This paper investigates a new hybridization of multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO) and cooperative agents (MOPSO-CA) to handle the problem of stagnation encounters in MOPSO, which leads solutions to trap in local optima. The…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-01-29 Najwa Kouka , Raja Fdhila , Adel M. Alimi

Metaheuristic algorithms are essential for solving complex optimization problems in different fields. However, the difficulty in comparing and rating these algorithms remains due to the wide range of performance metrics and problem…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Evgenia-Maria K. Goula , Dimitris G. Sotiropoulos

In this paper, we present the Fast Optimizer Benchmark (FOB), a tool designed for evaluating deep learning optimizers during their development. The benchmark supports tasks from multiple domains such as computer vision, natural language…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Simon Blauth , Tobias Bürger , Zacharias Häringer , Jörg Franke , Frank Hutter

Automatic programming (AP) is an important area of Machine Learning (ML) where computer programs are generated automatically. Swarm Programming (SP), a newly emerging research area in AP, automatically generates the computer programs using…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Tapas Si

One of the most important properties of deep auto-encoders (DAEs) is their capability to extract high level features from row data. Hence, especially recently, the autoencoders are preferred to be used in various classification problems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Ahmad Mozaffer Karim

This paper proposes the application of particle swarm optimization (PSO) to the problem of finite element model (FEM) selection. This problem arises when a choice of the best model for a system has to be made from set of competing models,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2009-10-13 Linda Mthembu , Tshilidzi Marwala , Michael I. Friswell , Sondipon Adhikari

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has emerged as a powerful metaheuristic global optimization approach over the past three decades. Its appeal lies in its ability to tackle complex multidimensional problems that defy conventional…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Arun K Pujari , Sowmini Devi Veeramachaneni

In engineering optimization problems, multiple objectives with a large number of variables under highly nonlinear constraints are usually required to be simultaneously optimized. Significant computing effort are required to find the Pareto…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-06 Junfei Zhang , Yimiao Huang , Guowei Ma , Brett Nener