The teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) algorithm is finding a large number of
applications in different fields of engineering and science since its introduction in 2011. The …

Abstract Presently, the Cuckoo Search algorithm is attracting unprecedented attention from
the research community and applications of the algorithm are expected to increase in …

Over past few decades, swarm intelligent algorithms based on the intelligent behaviors of
social creatures have been extensively studied and applied for all kinds of optimization …

Abstract Although Cuckoo Search (CS) is a quite new nature-inspired metaheuristic
optimization algorithm, it has been extensively used in engineering applications, since it has …

A resilient plant location model is proposed in this research and has been evaluated for a
case problem. The model considers three major indicators of network resilience, viz. node …

In this study, a state transition algorithm (STA) is investigated into constrained engineering
design optimization problems. After an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of two …

Nowadays, structural health monitoring has attracted much attention, due to the construction
of important and complex structures and their safety. One branch of structural health …

Nature-inspired algorithms are commonly used for solving the various optimization
problems. In past few decades, various researchers have proposed a large number of …

An improved cuckoo search (CS) algorithm focusing on optimizing the updating of the bird's
nest position is proposed to overcome the shortcomings of CS algorithm, such as low search …

After its introduction in 2011 by Rao et al.(Computer-Aided Design 43: 303–315, 2011), the
TLBO algorithm is finding a large number of applications in different fields of engineering …