Moth search: Variants, hybrids, and applications

J Li, YH Yang, Q An, H Lei, Q Deng, GG Wang - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Moth search (MS) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm based on the
most representative characteristics of moths, Lévy flights and phototaxis. Phototaxis signifies …

Capacitated vehicle routing problem using algebraic particle swarm optimization with simulated annealing algorithm

M Sajid, J Singh, R Rajak - Artificial Intelligence in Cyber-Physical …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
The capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) plays a significant role in the delivery
networks, the slight improvement of which leads to substantial monetary savings and …

Survey of lévy flight-based metaheuristics for optimization

J Li, Q An, H Lei, Q Deng, GG Wang - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lévy flight is a random walk mechanism which can make large jumps at local locations with
a high probability. The probability density distribution of Lévy flight was characterized by …

Methods to balance the exploration and exploitation in differential evolution from different scales: A survey

Y Zhang, G Chen, L Cheng, Q Wang, Q Li - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Inspired by the evolutionary process in nature, Differential Evolution (DE) has been widely
concerned and used as a numerical global optimizer for decades of years, since its …

NuSC: an effective local search algorithm for solving the set covering problem

C Luo, W Xing, S Cai, C Hu - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The set covering problem (SCP) is a fundamental NP-hard problem in computer science and
has a broad range of important real-world applications. In practice, SCP instances …

An optimized Arabic multilabel text classification approach using genetic algorithm and ensemble learning

SM Alzanin, A Gumaei, MA Haque, AY Muaad - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multilabel classification of Arabic text is an important task for understanding and analyzing
social media content. It can enable the categorization and monitoring of social media posts …

Capacitated vehicle routing problem using algebraic Harris hawks optimization algorithm

M Sajid, MS Jawed, S Abidin, M Shahid… - … Techniques for Cyber …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
The capacitated vehicle routing problem (CVRP) is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization
problem that plays a significant role in end distribution in smart logistics. The CVRP solution …

Hybrid swarm intelligence optimization methods for low-embodied energy steel-concrete composite bridges

D Martínez-Muñoz, J García, JV Martí, V Yepes - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bridge optimization is a significant challenge, given the huge number of possible
configurations of the problem. Embodied energy and cost were taken as objective functions …

A meta-evolutionary selection of constituents in ensemble differential evolution algorithm

MT Indu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
A Meta-evolutionary Selection of Constituents in Ensemble DE (MeSCEDE) framework is
proposed in this paper to automate the design of high-level multi-population ensemble …

Using optimisation meta-heuristics for the roughness estimation problem in river flow analysis

A Agresta, M Baioletti, C Biscarini, F Caraffini, A Milani… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change threats make it difficult to perform reliable and quick predictions on floods
forecasting. This gives rise to the need of having advanced methods, eg, computational …