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Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

This cluster of papers focuses on swarm intelligence optimization algorithms, including Particle Swarm Optimization, Differential Evolution, Ant Colony Optimization, and Firefly Algorithm. These nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms are used for global optimization and have applications in various fields.

72,729 works

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Most cited

  1. Particle swarm optimization

    Riccardo Poli, James Kennedy, Tim Blackwell · 2007 · Swarm Intelligence · 21,409 citations

  2. Grey Wolf Optimizer

    Seyedali Mirjalili, Seyed Mohammad Mirjalili, Seyed Mohammad Mirjalili, Seyed Mohammad Mirjalili · 2014 · Advances in Engineering Software · 19,144 citations

  3. The Whale Optimization Algorithm

    Seyedali Mirjalili, Andrew Lewis · 2016 · Advances in Engineering Software · 14,509 citations

  4. No free lunch theorems for optimization

    David H. Wolpert, William G. Macready · 1997 · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation · 14,234 citations

  5. Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents

    Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo, A. Colorni · 1996 · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) · 12,034 citations

  6. The particle swarm - explosion, stability, and convergence in a multidimensional complex space

    Maurice Clerc, James Kennedy · 2002 · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation · 9,000 citations

Most recent

  1. Empirical analysis of algorithmic components for improved performance in a baseline genetic algorithm selection hyper-heuristic

    Mohamad Khairulamirin Md Razali, Abdul Hadi Abd Rahman, Masri Ayob · 2026 · Scientific Reports · 0 citations

  2. Termite thermoregulation optimization (TTO): an HPC-oriented nature-inspired metaheuristic for global optimization

    Mustafa Furkan Keskenler · 2026 · The Journal of Supercomputing · 0 citations

  3. MSE-CDO: A Multi-Strategy Enhanced Cloud Drift Optimizer for Global and Constrained Engineering Optimization

    Aziz Ali, Hesham Bahamish, Saeed Awadh Al-Shami · 2026 · Jurnal Komputer Teknologi Informasi Sistem Komputer (JUKTISI) · 0 citations

  4. Weather State Ants Optimizer: A Markov-Driven Variable-Structure Metaheuristic

    Xiubo Xia, Jian Sun, Xiaoyu Geng, Pu Zhang · 2026 · Biomimetics · 0 citations

  5. Evaluating the Solution Performance of the Augmented Lagrangian Function on Ising Machines

    Shunsuke Awai, Takuro Itoh, Keita Takahashi, Kôtarô Tanahashi · 2026 · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 0 citations

  6. APPROACH-AVOIDANCE OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM: A NOVEL METAPHOR-FREE OPTIMIZER WITH APPLICATIONS IN DATA CLUSTERING

    Eşref Boğar, Zeynep Ozsut Bogar · 2026 · Konya Journal of Engineering Sciences · 0 citations

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