In recent years, several multi-method and multi-operator-based algorithms have been
proposed for solving optimization problems. Generally, their performance is better than other …

Chimp optimization algorithm (ChOA) is a newly proposed meta-heuristic algorithm inspired
by chimps' individual intelligence and sexual motivation in their group hunting. The …

Differential evolution (DE) is an intelligent optimization algorithm inspired by biological
evolution. Setting a mutation strategy and control parameters that meet the optimization …

Differential evolution (DE) is a simple and effective stochastic search algorithm, but its
convergence speed and population diversity often decline catastrophically with the evolution …

In this paper, a new algorithm is presented to deal with real parameter single-objective
optimization problems, which are often complex and computationally very expensive. The …

In this paper, a new optimization algorithm called Spherical Search (SS) is proposed to
solve the bound-constrained non-linear global optimization problems. The main operations …

Differential evolution (DE) has been a simple yet effective algorithm for global optimization
problems. The performance of DE highly depends on its operators and parameter settings …

Image segmentation is a critical stage in the analysis and pre-processing of images. It
comprises dividing the pixels according to threshold values into several segments …

Since the last three decades, numerous search strategies have been introduced within the
framework of different evolutionary algorithms (EAs). Most of the popular search strategies …

Differential evolution (DE) is one of the most popular and widely used optimizers among the
community of evolutionary computation. Despite numerous works having been conducted …