A new structural optimization method based on the harmony search algorithm

TL;DR: The impacts of constant parameters on harmony search algorithm are discussed and a strategy for tuning these parameters is presented and the proposed algorithm can find better solutions when compared to HS and other heuristic or deterministic methods.

TL;DR: Results confirm the excellent performance of the SOS method in solving various complex numerical problems and compared with well-known optimization methods.

TL;DR: The proposed African Vultures Optimization Algorithm (AVOA) is named and simulates African vultures’ foraging and navigation behaviors and indicates the significant superiority of the AVOA algorithm at a 95% confidence interval.

TL;DR: A new meta-heuristic method, so-called Ray Optimization, is developed, which has a number of particles consisting of the variables of the problem considered as rays of light based on the Snell's light refraction law.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the computer techniques, mathematical tools, and research results that will enable both students and practitioners to apply genetic algorithms to problems in many fields, including computer programming and mathematics.

TL;DR: There is a deep and useful connection between statistical mechanics and multivariate or combinatorial optimization (finding the minimum of a given function depending on many parameters), and a detailed analogy with annealing in solids provides a framework for optimization of very large and complex systems.

TL;DR: Names of founding work in the area of Adaptation and modiication, which aims to mimic biological optimization, and some (Non-GA) branches of AI.

TL;DR: It is shown how the ant system (AS) can be applied to other optimization problems like the asymmetric traveling salesman, the quadratic assignment and the job-shop scheduling, and the salient characteristics-global data structure revision, distributed communication and probabilistic transitions of the AS.