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The core challenge of high-dimensional and expensive black-box optimization (BBO) is how to obtain better performance faster with little function evaluation cost. The essence of the problem is how to design an efficient optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Xiaobin Li , Kai Wu , Xiaoyu Zhang , Handing Wang , Jing Liu

Bandit Convex Optimization (BCO) is a fundamental framework for modeling sequential decision-making with partial information, where the only feedback available to the player is the one-point or two-point function values. In this paper, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-07 Peng Zhao , Guanghui Wang , Lijun Zhang , Zhi-Hua Zhou

Efficient design of genomic perturbation experiments is crucial for accelerating drug discovery and therapeutic target identification, yet exhaustive perturbation of the human genome remains infeasible due to the vast search space of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-03-24 Yanke Li , Tianyu Cui , Tommaso Mansi , Mangal Prakash , Rui Liao

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

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

This paper studies the problem of globally optimizing a variable of interest that is part of a causal model in which a sequence of interventions can be performed. This problem arises in biology, operational research, communications and,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-05-27 Virginia Aglietti , Xiaoyu Lu , Andrei Paleyes , Javier González

The Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is an evolutionary optimization algorithm based on swarm intelligence and inspired by the honey bees' food search behavior. Since the ABC algorithm has been developed to achieve optimal solutions by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Rafet Durgut

Swarm optimization algorithms are widely used for feature selection before data mining and machine learning applications. The metaheuristic nature-inspired feature selection approaches are used for single-objective optimization tasks,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Hritam Basak , Mayukhmali Das , Susmita Modak

This paper presents a novel algorithm named the motion-encoded particle swarm optimization (MPSO) for finding a moving target with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). From the Bayesian theory, the search problem can be converted to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Manh Duong Phung , Quang Phuc Ha

We propose a novel Bayesian optimization (BO) procedure aimed at identifying the ``profile optima'' of a deterministic black-box computer simulation that has a single control parameter and multiple nuisance parameters. The profile optima…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-30 Courtney Kyger , James Fernandez , John A. Grunenwald , James Braun , Annie Booth

Non-polynomial hard (NP-hard) problems are challenging because no polynomial-time algorithm has yet been discovered to solve them in polynomial time. The Bacteria Foraging Optimization (BFO) algorithm is one of the metaheuristics algorithms…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-03-16 Saeid Parvandeh , Parya Soltani , Mohammadreza Boroumand , Fahimeh Boroumand

A novel evolutionary algorithm called learner performance based behavior algorithm (LPB) is proposed in this article. The basic inspiration of LPB originates from the process of accepting graduated learners from high school in different…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-09-24 Chnoor M. Rahman , Tarik A. Rashid

This paper presents a new intelligent algorithm that can solve the problems of finding the optimum solution in the state space among which the desired solution resides. The algorithm mimics the principles of bat sonar in finding its…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2012-11-06 Mohammed Ali Tawfeeq

The rapid advancement of intelligent technology has led to the development of optimization algorithms that leverage natural behaviors to address complex issues. Among these, the Rat Swarm Optimizer (RSO), inspired by rats' social and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Hemin Sardar Abdulla , Azad A. Ameen , Sarwar Ibrahim Saeed , Ismail Asaad Mohammed , Tarik A. Rashid

Increasing nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms are applied to solving the real-world optimization problems, as they have some advantages over the classical methods of numerical optimization. This paper has proposed a new…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-08-10 Bing Zeng , Liang Gao , Xinyu Li

Global optimization problems are frequently solved using the practical and efficient method of evolutionary sophistication. But as the original problem becomes more complex, so does its efficacy and expandability. Thus, the purpose of this…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Aso M. Aladdin , Tarik A. Rashid

Evolutionary and bioinspired computation are crucial for efficiently addressing complex optimization problems across diverse application domains. By mimicking processes observed in nature, like evolution itself, these algorithms offer…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Daniel Molina , Javier Del Ser , Javier Poyatos , Francisco Herrera

This paper proposes Drone Squadron Optimization, a new self-adaptive metaheuristic for global numerical optimization which is updated online by a hyper-heuristic. DSO is an artifact-inspired technique, as opposed to many algorithms used…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Vinícius Veloso de Melo , Wolfgang Banzhaf

Existing Bayesian Optimization (BO) methods typically balance exploration and exploitation to optimize costly objective functions. However, these methods often suffer from a significant one-step bias, which may lead to convergence towards…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Ruiyao Miao , Junren Xiao , Shiya Tsang , Hui Xiong , Yingnian Wu

Metaheuristic algorithms such as particle swarm optimization, firefly algorithm and harmony search are now becoming powerful methods for solving many tough optimization problems. In this paper, we propose a new metaheuristic method, the Bat…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-07-29 Xin-She Yang