This paper reviews the latest versions and applications of sparrow search algorithm (SSA). It
is a recent swarm-based algorithm proposed in 2020 rapidly grew due to its simple and …

The butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA) is a recent successful metaheuristic swarm-based
optimization algorithm. The BOA has attracted scholars' attention due to its extraordinary …

Metaheuristics are an impressive area of research with extremely important improvements in
the solution of intractable optimization problems. Major advances have been made since the …

This paper thoroughly reviews and analyzes the main characteristics and application
portfolio of the so-called Harmony Search algorithm, a meta-heuristic approach that has …

Optimization is a very broad field of research with a wide spectrum of important applications.
Until the 1950s, optimization was understood as a single-objective optimization, ie, as the …

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the development of the harmony search
(HS) algorithm and its applications. HS is a well-known human-based meta-heuristic …

The selection process is the most attractive operator in the optimization algorithms. It
normally mimics the natural selection of survival of the fittest principle. When the selection is …

One of the popular metaheuristic search algorithms is Harmony Search (HS). It has been
verified that HS can find solutions to optimization problems due to its balanced exploratory …

In this paper, alternative selection mechanisms in the bat-inspired algorithm for global
optimization problems are studied. The bat-inspired algorithm is a recent swarm-based …

This paper proposes a tournament-based harmony search (THS) algorithm for economic
load dispatch (ELD) problem. The THS is an efficient modified version of the harmony …