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The human mental search (HMS) algorithm is a relatively recent population-based metaheuristic algorithm, which has shown competitive performance in solving complex optimisation problems. It is based on three main operators: mental search,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Seyed Jalaleddin Mousavirad , Gerald Schaefer , Iakov Korovin , Diego Oliva , Mahshid Helali Moghadam , Mehrdad Saadatmand

This paper presents an algorithmic framework for the minimization of strictly convex quadratic functions. The framework is flexible and generic. At every iteration the search direction is a linear combination of the negative gradient, as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-08 Liam MacDonald , Rua Murray , Rachael Tappenden

Tackling complex optimization problems often relies on expert-designed heuristics, typically crafted through extensive trial and error. Recent advances demonstrate that large language models (LLMs), when integrated into well-designed…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Ziyao Huang , Weiwei Wu , Kui Wu , Jianping Wang , Wei-Bin Lee

The constrained gradient method (CGM) has recently been proposed to solve convex optimization and monotone variational inequality (VI) problems with general functional constraints. While existing literature has established convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-24 Danqing Zhou , Hongmei Chen , Shiqian Ma , Junfeng Yang

Automating the design of heuristic search methods is an active research field within computer science, artificial intelligence and operational research. In order to make these methods more generally applicable, it is important to eliminate…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-07-28 Edmund Burke , Tim Curtois , Matthew Hyde , Gabriela Ochoa , Jose A. Vazquez-Rodriguez

In this paper, we propose a general class of algorithms for optimizing an extensive variety of nonsmoothly penalized objective functions that satisfy certain regularity conditions. The proposed framework utilizes the…

Computation · Statistics 2011-01-24 Elizabeth D. Schifano , Robert L. Strawderman , Martin T. Wells

Solving constrained optimization problems by multi-objective evolutionary algorithms has scored tremendous achievements in the last decade. Standard multi-objective schemes usually aim at minimizing the objective function and also the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-10-02 Tao Xu , Jun He

Consensus-based optimization (CBO) is a versatile multi-particle optimization method for performing nonconvex and nonsmooth global optimizations in high dimensions. Proofs of global convergence in probability have been achieved for a broad…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Jonas Beddrich , Enis Chenchene , Massimo Fornasier , Hui Huang , Barbara Wohlmuth

We explore the potential for quantum speedups in convex optimization using discrete simulations of the Quantum Hamiltonian Descent (QHD) framework, as proposed by Leng et al., and establish the first rigorous query complexity bounds. We…

Despite advances in feature representation, leveraging geometric relations is crucial for establishing reliable visual correspondences under large variations of images. In this work we introduce a Hough transform perspective on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Juhong Min , Minsu Cho

Child drawing development optimization (CDDO) is a recent example of a metaheuristic algorithm. The motive for inventing this method is children's learning behavior and cognitive development, with the golden ratio employed to optimize their…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Azad A. Ameen , Tarik A. Rashid , Shavan Askar

Evolutionary algorithms have been frequently applied to constrained continuous optimisation problems. We carry out feature based comparisons of different types of evolutionary algorithms such as evolution strategies, differential evolution…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-09-24 Shayan Poursoltan , Frank Neumann

The majorization-minimization (MM) principle is an extremely general framework for deriving optimization algorithms. It includes the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, proximal gradient algorithm, concave-convex procedure, quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Kenneth Lange , Joong-Ho Won , Alfonso Landeros , Hua Zhou

In recent years with the advent of high bandwidth internet access availability, the cloud computing applications have boomed. With more and more applications being run over the cloud and an increase in the overall user base of the different…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Sandeep Kumar Patel , Avtar Singh

Since the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) a couple of years ago, researchers in metaheuristics (MHs) have wondered how to use their power in a beneficial way within their algorithms. This paper introduces a novel approach that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Camilo Chacón Sartori , Christian Blum , Filippo Bistaffa , Guillem Rodríguez Corominas

An algorithm is proposed, analyzed, and tested for solving continuous nonlinear-equality-constrained optimization problems where the objective and constraint functions are defined by expectations or averages over large, finite numbers of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-14 Frank E. Curtis , Lingjun Guo , Daniel P. Robinson

In the field of global optimization, many existing algorithms face challenges posed by non-convex target functions and high computational complexity or unavailability of gradient information. These limitations, exacerbated by sensitivity to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-16 Xinyu Zhang , Sujit Ghosh

Metaheuristics have gained great success in academia and practice because their search logic can be applied to any problem with available solution representation, solution quality evaluation, and certain notions of locality. Manually…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Qi Zhao , Qiqi Duan , Bai Yan , Shi Cheng , Yuhui Shi

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into evolutionary frameworks has established a new paradigm for automated heuristic discovery. Despite their promise, these methods typically search in the discrete space of program syntax,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Cheikh Ahmed , Mahdi Mostajabdaveh , Zirui Zhou

This paper presents a systematic review of mapping and scheduling strategies within the High-Performance Computing (HPC) compute continuum, with a particular emphasis on heterogeneous systems. It introduces a prototype workflow to establish…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Aasish Kumar Sharma , Julian Kunkel