Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Article	Citations
Recent trends in the use of statistical tests for comparing swarm and evolutionary computing algorithms: Practical guidelines and a critical review	324
A survey on swarm intelligence approaches to feature selection in data mining	230
A test-suite of non-convex constrained optimization problems from the real-world and some baseline results	230
Major Advances in Particle Swarm Optimization: Theory, Analysis, and Application	218
A particle swarm optimization algorithm for mixed-variable optimization problems	180
Population size in Particle Swarm Optimization	178
A better balance in metaheuristic algorithms: Does it exist?	171
Task Scheduling in Cloud Computing based on Meta-heuristics: Review, Taxonomy, Open Challenges, and Future Trends	168
A Tutorial On the design, experimentation and application of metaheuristic algorithms to real-World optimization problems	157
An improved genetic algorithm for the flexible job shop scheduling problem with multiple time constraints	108
Coverage path planning of heterogeneous unmanned aerial vehicles based on ant colony system	106
Quantum-enhanced multiobjective large-scale optimization via parallelism	98
A memetic algorithm based on two_Arch2 for multi-depot heterogeneous-vehicle capacitated arc routing problem	96
An effective iterated greedy method for the distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times	94
A Benchmark-Suite of real-World constrained multi-objective optimization problems and some baseline results	90
GAPSO-H: A hybrid approach towards optimizing the cluster based routing in wireless sensor network	90
Swarm Intelligence and cyber-physical systems: Concepts, challenges and future trends	89
Differential evolution using improved crowding distance for multimodal multiobjective optimization	89
A survey on meta-heuristics for solving disassembly line balancing, planning and scheduling problems in remanufacturing	80
Hybrid MPSO-CNN: Multi-level Particle Swarm optimized hyperparameters of Convolutional Neural Network	78
Energy-efficient distributed permutation flow shop scheduling problem using a multi-objective whale swarm algorithm	77
A prescription of methodological guidelines for comparing bio-inspired optimization algorithms	76
A distributed heterogeneous permutation flowshop scheduling problem with lot-streaming and carryover sequence-dependent setup time	75
Multi-objective particle swarm optimization with adaptive strategies for feature selection	74
A clustering-based differential evolution algorithm for solving multimodal multi-objective optimization problems	73

Multiple adaptive strategies based particle swarm optimization algorithm	70
A novel stochastic fractal search algorithm with fitness-Distance balance for global numerical optimization	65
Energy-efficient distributed heterogeneous welding flow shop scheduling problem using a modified MOEA/D	65
A novel hybrid grey wolf optimizer with min-conflict algorithm for power scheduling problem in a smart home	64
Grid search based multi-population particle swarm optimization algorithm for multimodal multi-objective optimization	64
An augmented Tabu search algorithm for the green inventory-routing problem with time windows	62
An Improved Ant Colony Optimization algorithm to the Periodic Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Window and Service Choice	61
Solving energy-efficient distributed job shop scheduling via multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with decomposition	58
Evolutionary many-Objective algorithm based on fractional dominance relation and improved objective space decomposition strategy	55
Gene selection for cancer types classification using novel hybrid metaheuristics approach	55
Ant-TD: Ant colony optimization plus temporal difference reinforcement learning for multi-label feature selection	55
Differential evolution algorithm with fitness and diversity ranking-based mutation operator	55
A hybrid estimation of distribution algorithm for distributed flexible job shop scheduling with crane transportations	54
An adaptive particle swarm optimizer with decoupled exploration and exploitation for large scale optimization	54
Novel MILP and CP models for distributed hybrid flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times	54
An improved iterated greedy algorithm for the energy-efficient blocking hybrid flow shop scheduling problem	54
Sustainable scheduling of distributed permutation flow-shop with non-identical factory using a knowledge-based multi-objective memetic optimization algorithm	53
Surrogate-assisted grey wolf optimization for high-dimensional, computationally expensive black-box problems	52
A random dynamic grouping based weight optimization framework for large-scale multi-objective optimization problems	50
A genetic programming hyper-heuristic for the distributed assembly permutation flow-shop scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times	50
Purpose-directed two-phase multiobjective differential evolution for constrained multiobjective optimization	49
A two-stage solution method based on NSGA-II for Green Multi-Objective integrated process planning and scheduling in a battery packaging machinery workshop	47
Effective heuristics and metaheuristics for the distributed fuzzy blocking flow-shop scheduling problem	47
A Cluster-Based Competitive Particle Swarm Optimizer with a Sparse Truncation Operator for Multi-Objective Optimization	45
A study of ant-based pheromone spaces for generation constructive hyper-heuristics	44
A matrix-cube-based estimation of distribution algorithm for the distributed assembly permutation flow-shop scheduling problem	44
Performance assessment and exhaustive listing of 500+ nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms	43
An improved simulated annealing algorithm with crossover operator for capacitated vehicle routing problem	43
An evolutionary multi-objective optimization framework of discretization-based feature selection for classification	43
A Diffused Memetic Optimizer for reactive berth allocation and scheduling at marine container terminals in response to disruptions	42
Novel binary differential evolution algorithm based on Taper-shaped transfer functions for binary optimization problems	42
Adaptive simulated binary crossover for rotated multi-objective optimization	42
Evolution strategies for continuous optimization: A survey of the state-of-the-art	41
Self adaptive cuckoo search: Analysis and experimentation	41
Push and pull search embedded in an M2M framework for solving constrained multi-objective optimization problems	40
A grey prediction-based evolutionary algorithm for dynamic multiobjective optimization	39
A survey on population-based meta-heuristic algorithms for motion planning of aircraft	39
SF-FWA: A Self-Adaptive Fast Fireworks Algorithm for effective large-scale optimization	37
Multi-objective enhanced memetic algorithm for green job shop scheduling with uncertain times	37
An Adaptive Iterated Greedy algorithm for distributed mixed no-idle permutation flowshop scheduling problems	37
A firefly algorithm for the environmental prize-collecting vehicle routing problem	36
A prediction strategy based on decision variable analysis for dynamic Multi-objective Optimization	36
A decomposition-based many-objective evolutionary algorithm updating weights when required	35
Two-stage knowledge-driven evolutionary algorithm for distributed green flexible job shop scheduling with type-2 fuzzy processing time	35
Differential evolution with orthogonal array‐based initialization and a novel selection strategy	34
Balanced multi-objective optimization algorithm using improvement based reference points approach	34
Hyper-Heuristics to customise metaheuristics for continuous optimisation	34
A multi-objective genetic algorithm based approach for dynamical bus vehicles scheduling under traffic congestion	33
Offline data-driven evolutionary optimization based on tri-training	33
An efficient hybrid metaheuristic algorithm for cardinality constrained portfolio optimization	33

Multi-objective Q-learning-based hyper-heuristic with Bi-criteria selection for energy-aware mixed shop scheduling	31
A population perturbation and elimination strategy based genetic algorithm for multi-satellite TT&C scheduling problem	31
Adaptive differential evolution with ensembling operators for continuous optimization problems	30
An Adaptive Memetic Approach for Heterogeneous Vehicle Routing Problems with two-dimensional loading constraints	30
Balanced crossover operators in Genetic Algorithms	30
Decomposition in decision and objective space for multi-modal multi-objective optimization	29
A tri-population based co-evolutionary framework for constrained multi-objective optimization problems	29
Multimodal multi-objective optimization: Comparative study of the state-of-the-art	29
Several variants of simulated annealing hyper-heuristic for a single-machine scheduling with two-scenario-based dependent processing times	28
Variation Operators for Grouping Genetic Algorithms: A Review	27
A multi-strategy integrated multi-objective artificial bee colony for unsupervised band selection of hyperspectral images	27
Induction of decision trees as classification models through metaheuristics	27
Genetic programming with local search to evolve priority rules for scheduling jobs on a machine with time-varying capacity	27
Two infill criteria driven surrogate-assisted multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for computationally expensive problems with medium dimensions	27
A review of heuristics and metaheuristics for community detection in complex networks: Current usage, emerging development and future directions	27
Memetic search for vehicle routing with simultaneous pickup-delivery and time windows	26
Impact of population topology on particle swarm optimization and its variants: An information propagation perspective	26
A systematic literature review on general parameter control for evolutionary and swarm-based algorithms	26
Adaptive Ant Colony Optimization with node clustering applied to the Travelling Salesman Problem	25
An effective two-stage iterated greedy algorithm to minimize total tardiness for the distributed flowshop group scheduling problem	25
Many-objective optimization for scheduling of crude oil operations based on NSGA-Ⅲ with consideration of energy efficiency	25
An improved multi-objective multifactorial evolutionary algorithm for assembly line balancing problem considering regular production and preventive maintenance scenarios	25
Modelling and scheduling integration of distributed production and distribution problems via black widow optimization	25
A multi-stage knowledge-guided evolutionary algorithm for large-scale sparse multi-objective optimization problems	25
Enhanced multi-swarm cooperative particle swarm optimizer	24
Ensemble of metaheuristics for energy-efficient hybrid flowshops: Makespan versus total energy consumption	24
Multi-population meta-heuristics for production scheduling: A survey	23
An efficient scheduling approach for an iron-steel plant equipped with self-generation equipment under time-of-use electricity tariffs	23
Energy trading IoT system based on blockchain	23
Evolutionary LSTM-FCN networks for pattern classification in industrial processes	23
Two-level parameter cooperation-based population regeneration framework for differential evolution	23
A dynamic multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm based on adversarial decomposition and neighborhood evolution	23
An enhanced teaching-learning-based optimization algorithm with self-adaptive and learning operators and its search bias towards origin	23
Solving mixed Pareto-Lexicographic multi-objective optimization problems: The case of priority chains	22
Multiobjective evolutionary algorithm assisted stacked autoencoder for PolSAR image classification	22
Multi-objective differential evolution algorithm with fuzzy inference-based adaptive mutation factor for Pareto optimum design of suspension system	22
Using spatial neighborhoods for parameter adaptation: An improved success history based differential evolution	22
A niching backtracking search algorithm with adaptive local search for multimodal multiobjective optimization	22
An algebraic framework for swarm and evolutionary algorithms in combinatorial optimization	22
Utilizing dependence among variables in evolutionary algorithms for mixed-integer programming: A case study on multi-objective constrained portfolio optimization	21
An analysis of the search mechanisms of the bees algorithm	21
A hybrid intelligent genetic algorithm for truss optimization based on deep neutral network	21
Optimization techniques and applications in fog computing: An exhaustive survey	21
Moving peak drone search problem: An online multi-swarm intelligence approach for UAV search operations	21
MIMOA: A membrane-inspired multi-objective algorithm for green vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands	21
Stable switched controllers for a swarm of UGVs for hierarchal landmark navigation	21
Multi-objective based scheduling algorithm for sudden drinking water contamination incident	21
A comparative study of high-productivity high-performance programming languages for parallel metaheuristics	21
An ACO for energy-efficient and traffic-aware virtual machine placement in cloud computing	21
Proximity ranking-based multimodal differential evolution	21
RL-GA: A Reinforcement Learning-based Genetic Algorithm for Electromagnetic Detection Satellite Scheduling Problem	20
Self-organizing neighborhood-based differential evolution for global optimization	20
A novel surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithm with an uncertainty grouping based infill criterion	20
A Fast and efficient stochastic opposition-based learning for differential evolution in numerical optimization	20
Elite archives-driven particle swarm optimization for large scale numerical optimization and its engineering applications	20
Clearing-based multimodal multi-objective evolutionary optimization with layer-to-layer strategy	20
Multi-agent coalition formation by an efficient genetic algorithm with heuristic initialization and repair strategy	20
A comprehensive survey on cultural algorithms	19
Adaptive gradient descent enabled ant colony optimization for routing problems	19
Parallel Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms: A Comprehensive Survey	19
Combining a hybrid prediction strategy and a mutation strategy for dynamic multiobjective optimization	19
An optima-identified framework with brain storm optimization for multimodal optimization problems	18
Time efficiency in optimization with a bayesian-Evolutionary algorithm	18
Solving hybrid charging strategy electric vehicle based dynamic routing problem via evolutionary multi-objective optimization	18
Multi-objective self-organizing optimization for constrained sparse array synthesis	18
An interactive filter-wrapper multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for feature selection	18
A decomposition-based many-objective ant colony optimization algorithm with adaptive solution construction and selection approaches	17
Function value ranking aware differential evolution for global numerical optimization	17
A robust algorithm based on Differential Evolution with local search for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem	17
Autonomous detection of collective behaviours in swarms	17
Parallel surrogate-assisted optimization: Batched Bayesian Neural Network-assisted GA versus q-EGO	17
Unified integration of many-objective optimization algorithm based on temporary offspring for software defects prediction	17
New insights into position optimisation of wave energy converters using hybrid local search	17
A dynamic multi-objective optimization evolutionary algorithm based on particle swarm prediction strategy and prediction adjustment strategy	17
Using evolutionary computation to infer the decision maker’s preference model in presence of imperfect knowledge: A case study in portfolio optimization	16
One-to-one ensemble mechanism for decomposition-based multi-Objective optimization	16
Boosting particle swarm optimization by backtracking search algorithm for optimization problems	16
Unified space approach-based Dynamic Switched Crowding (DSC): A new method for designing Pareto-based multi/many-objective algorithms	16
An enhanced-indicator based many-objective evolutionary algorithm with adaptive reference point	16
Benefits of sparse population sampling in multi-objective evolutionary computing for large-Scale sparse optimization problems	16

Dynamic impact for ant colony optimization algorithm	16
Micro-Genetic algorithm with fuzzy selection of operators for multi-Objective optimization: μFAME	16
Handling multi-objective optimization problems with unbalanced constraints and their effects on evolutionary algorithm performance	15
Automatic preference based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm on vehicle fleet maintenance scheduling optimization	15
A partition-based constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithm	15
A two-stage evolutionary algorithm for large-scale sparse multiobjective optimization problems	15
Improved ant colony optimization for the vehicle routing problem with split pickup and split delivery	15
Semantic approximation for reducing code bloat in Genetic Programming	15
Adaptive Global WASF-GA to handle many-objective optimization problems	15
Hierarchical structure-based joint operations algorithm for global optimization	15
A novel multi-objective genetic algorithm based error correcting output codes	15
An efficient hybrid metaheuristics optimization technique applied to the AC electric transmission network expansion planning	15
Evolutionary multi-task allocation for mobile crowdsensing with limited resource	14
Comparative study of nature-inspired algorithms to design (1+α) and (2+α)-order filters using a frequency-domain approach	14
An opposition equilibrium optimizer for context-sensitive entropy dependency based multilevel thresholding of remote sensing images	14
A novel Q-learning based variable neighborhood iterative search algorithm for solving disassembly line scheduling problems	14
Preference incorporation into many-objective optimization: An Ant colony algorithm based on interval outranking	14
A decomposition-based multiobjective evolutionary algorithm with weight vector adaptation	14
Heuristics and metaheuristics for the mixed no-idle flowshop with sequence-dependent setup times and total tardiness minimisation	14
Solving dynamic overlapping community detection problem by a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm based on decomposition	14
A novel multi-objective Interactive Coral Reefs Optimization algorithm for the Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem	14
Vertical distance-based clonal selection mechanism for the multiobjective immune algorithm	14
A Convolutional Neural Network-Based Surrogate Model for Multi-objective Optimization Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Decomposition	14
Hybrid collaborative multi-objective fruit fly optimization algorithm for scheduling workflow in cloud environment	14
Scale-free network-based differential evolution to solve function optimization and parameter estimation of photovoltaic models	13
A perturbation adaptive pursuit strategy based hyper-heuristic for multi-objective optimization problems	13
Multiobjective trajectory optimization with a cutting and padding encoding strategy for single-UAV-assisted mobile edge computing system	13
Neighborhood-based particle swarm optimization with discrete crossover for nonlinear equation systems	13
Population initialization techniques for evolutionary algorithms for single-objective constrained optimization problems: Deterministic vs. stochastic techniques	13
Efficient parallel and fast convergence chaotic Jaya algorithms	13
A two-stage memetic algorithm for energy-efficient flexible job shop scheduling by means of decreasing the total number of machine restarts	13
History archive assisted niching differential evolution with variable neighborhood for multimodal optimization	13
A multi-population memetic algorithm for the 3-D protein structure prediction problem	13
Cooperative coevolutionary multi-guide particle swarm optimization algorithm for large-scale multi-objective optimization problems	13
A novel particle swarm optimization algorithm with Lévy flight and orthogonal learning	13
A network memetic algorithm for energy and labor-aware distributed heterogeneous hybrid flow shop scheduling problem	12
A discrete artificial bee colony method based on variable neighborhood structures for the distributed permutation flowshop problem with sequence-dependent setup times	12
W-dominance: Tradeoff-inspired dominance relation for preference-based evolutionary multi-objective optimization	12
Incorporating Surprisingly Popular Algorithm and Euclidean distance-based adaptive topology into PSO	12
Frontier-led swarming: Robust multi-robot coverage of unknown environments	12
A scalability study of the multi-guide particle swarm optimization algorithm to many-objectives	12
Selective-candidate framework with similarity selection rule for evolutionary optimization	12
Differential evolution with hybrid parameters and mutation strategies based on reinforcement learning	12
Memetic algorithm based on learning and decomposition for multiobjective flexible job shop scheduling considering human factors	12
A two-phase evolutionary algorithm for multi-objective distributed assembly permutation flowshop scheduling problem	12
PSO based data clustering with a different perception	12
Using decomposition-based multi-objective evolutionary algorithm as synthetic example optimization for self-labeling	11
Quantum circuit compilation by genetic algorithm for quantum approximate optimization algorithm applied to MaxCut problem	11
An alternative way of evolutionary multimodal optimization: density-based population initialization strategy	11
Evolutionary Algorithm with Dynamic Population Size for Constrained Multiobjective Optimization	11
Automatic collective motion tuning using actor-critic deep reinforcement learning	11
ACDB-EA: Adaptive convergence-diversity balanced evolutionary algorithm for many-objective optimization	11
Differential evolution for the optimization of low-discrepancy generalized Halton sequences	11
A novel adaptive greedy strategy based on Gaussian mixture clustering for multiobjective optimization	11
A constrained multi-objective evolutionary algorithm using valuable infeasible solutions	11
Decomposition-based multiobjective optimization with bicriteria assisted adaptive operator selection	11
Configuring differential evolution adaptively via path search in a directed acyclic graph for data clustering	11
A surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithm for expensive many-objective optimization in the refining process	11
Explicit and size-adaptive PSO-based feature selection for classification	11
Finding all Pareto optimal paths by simulating ripple relay race in multi-objective networks	11
A rotationally invariant semi-autonomous particle swarm optimizer with directional diversity	11
Random convergence analysis of particle swarm optimization algorithm with time‐varying attractor	11
Improved meta-heuristics with Q-learning for solving distributed assembly permutation flowshop scheduling problems	11
Hybrid evolutionary multi-objective optimisation using outranking-based ordinal classification methods	11
A new genetic algorithm based evolutionary neural architecture search for image classification	11
Many‐objective optimization by using an immune algorithm	11
COARSE-EMOA: An indicator-based evolutionary algorithm for solving equality constrained multi-objective optimization problems	11
Non-revisiting stochastic search revisited: Results, perspectives, and future directions	11
A cluster-based genetic optimization method for satellite range scheduling system	11
Reinforcement learning-based particle swarm optimization with neighborhood differential mutation strategy	10
Application of metaheuristics for signal optimisation in transportation networks: A comprehensive survey	10
Parallel execution combinatorics with metaheuristics: Comparative study	10
Deterministic scaffold assembly by self-reconfiguring micro-robotic swarms	10
Harmony search algorithm and related variants: A systematic review	10
Simple-Encoded evolving convolutional neural network and its application to skin disease image classification	10
A new prediction strategy combining T-S fuzzy nonlinear regression prediction and multi-step prediction for dynamic multi-objective optimization	10
Hierarchical preference algorithm based on decomposition multiobjective optimization	10
Adaptive surrogate-assisted multi-objective evolutionary algorithm using an efficient infill technique	10
Surrogate-assisted population based ACO for resource constrained job scheduling with uncertainty	10
Deep reinforcement learning method for satellite range scheduling problem	10
Integrated optimization of real-time order acceptance and flexible job-shop rescheduling with multi-level imperfect maintenance constraints	10
Multi-objective optimization of a quadrotor flock performing target zone search	10
Improved differential evolution using two-stage mutation strategy for multimodal multi-objective optimization	10
Offline data‐driven evolutionary optimization based on model selection	10
Real-time collaborative feeder vehicle routing problem with flexible time windows	9
A many-objective evolutionary algorithm based on constraints for collaborative computation offloading	9
A many-objective optimization algorithm with mutation strategy based on variable classification and elite individual	9
Memetic coral reefs optimization algorithms for optimal geometrical design of submerged arches	9
Spark implementation of the enhanced Scatter Search metaheuristic: Methodology and assessment	9
Minimizing the sum of makespan on multi-agent single-machine scheduling with release dates	9
Fractional-Order Ant Colony Algorithm: A Fractional Long Term Memory Based Cooperative Learning Approach	9
A modular neural network-based population prediction strategy for evolutionary dynamic multi-objective optimization	9
A cooperative coevolution framework for evolutionary learning and instance selection	9
Multi-Objective parameter-less population pyramid for solving industrial process planning problems	9
Diversity preference-based many-objective particle swarm optimization using reference-lines-based framework	9