Abstract: A new meta-heuristic algorithm, termed the House Swallow Optimizer (HSO), is proposed. Inspired by the sophisticated behavioral repertoire of house swallows, this algorithm addresses the ...

We use heuristics to solve computationally difficult problems where optimal solutions are too expensive to deploy, hard to manage, or otherwise inefficient. Our prior work, MetaOpt, shows many of the ...

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This project aimed to implement three well-known meta-heuristic algorithms: cuckoo search (CS), bat algorithm (BA), and flower pollination algorithm (FPA). We found that three algorithms could have a ...