An exhaustive review of the metaheuristic algorithms for search and optimization: taxonomy, applications, and open challenges

K Rajwar, K Deep, S Das - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2023‏ - Springer
As the world moves towards industrialization, optimization problems become more
challenging to solve in a reasonable time. More than 500 new metaheuristic algorithms …

A systematic review of the whale optimization algorithm: theoretical foundation, improvements, and hybridizations

MH Nadimi-Shahraki, H Zamani… - … Methods in Engineering, 2023‏ - Springer
Despite the simplicity of the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and its success in solving
some optimization problems, it faces many issues. Thus, WOA has attracted scholars' …

Prairie dog optimization algorithm

AE Ezugwu, JO Agushaka, L Abualigah… - Neural Computing and …, 2022‏ - Springer
This study proposes a new nature-inspired metaheuristic that mimics the behaviour of the
prairie dogs in their natural habitat called the prairie dog optimization (PDO). The proposed …

Genghis Khan shark optimizer: a novel nature-inspired algorithm for engineering optimization

G Hu, Y Guo, G Wei, L Abualigah - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This study tenders a new nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm (MA) based on the
behavior of the Genghis Khan shark (GKS), called GKS optimizer (GKSO), which is used for …

Dwarf mongoose optimization algorithm

JO Agushaka, AE Ezugwu, L Abualigah - Computer methods in applied …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper proposes a new metaheuristic algorithm called dwarf mongoose optimization
algorithm (DMO) to solve the classical and CEC 2020 benchmark functions and 12 …

Gazelle optimization algorithm: a novel nature-inspired metaheuristic optimizer

JO Agushaka, AE Ezugwu, L Abualigah - Neural Computing and …, 2023‏ - Springer
This study proposes a novel population-based metaheuristic algorithm called the Gazelle
Optimization Algorithm (GOA), inspired by the gazelles' survival ability in their predator …

Crayfish optimization algorithm

H Jia, H Rao, C Wen, S Mirjalili - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2023‏ - Springer
This paper proposes a meta heuristic optimization algorithm, called Crayfish Optimization
Algorithm (COA), which simulates crayfish's summer resort behavior, competition behavior …

Ebola optimization search algorithm: A new nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm

ON Oyelade, AES Ezugwu, TIA Mohamed… - IEEE …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nature computing has evolved with exciting performance to solve complex real-world
combinatorial optimization problems. These problems span across engineering, medical …

An improved whale optimization algorithm based on multi-population evolution for global optimization and engineering design problems

Y Shen, C Zhang, FS Gharehchopogh… - Expert Systems with …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The whale optimization algorithm (WOA) tends to suffer from slow convergence speed and
quickly falling into the local optimum. In this work, a WOA variant is proposed based on multi …

Gannet optimization algorithm: A new metaheuristic algorithm for solving engineering optimization problems

JS Pan, LG Zhang, RB Wang, V Snášel… - … and Computers in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Engineering design problems are usually large-scale constrained optimization problems,
and metaheuristic algorithms are vital for solving such complex problems. Therefore, this …