Application of meta-heuristic algorithms for training neural networks and deep learning architectures: A comprehensive review

M Kaveh, MS Mesgari - Neural Processing Letters, 2023 - Springer
The learning process and hyper-parameter optimization of artificial neural networks (ANNs)
and deep learning (DL) architectures is considered one of the most challenging machine …

Sensor-based and vision-based human activity recognition: A comprehensive survey

LM Dang, K Min, H Wang, MJ Piran, CH Lee, H Moon - Pattern Recognition, 2020 - Elsevier
Human activity recognition (HAR) technology that analyzes data acquired from various types
of sensing devices, including vision sensors and embedded sensors, has motivated the …

Chimp optimization algorithm

M Khishe, MR Mosavi - Expert systems with applications, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel metaheuristic algorithm called Chimp Optimization Algorithm
(ChOA) inspired by the individual intelligence and sexual motivation of chimps in their group …

Grasshopper optimization algorithm: theory, variants, and applications

Y Meraihi, AB Gabis, S Mirjalili… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm (GOA) is a recent swarm intelligence algorithm inspired
by the foraging and swarming behavior of grasshoppers in nature. The GOA algorithm has …

Harris hawks optimization: Algorithm and applications

AA Heidari, S Mirjalili, H Faris, I Aljarah… - Future generation …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel population-based, nature-inspired optimization paradigm is proposed,
which is called Harris Hawks Optimizer (HHO). The main inspiration of HHO is the …

[HTML][HTML] A balanced whale optimization algorithm for constrained engineering design problems

H Chen, Y Xu, M Wang, X Zhao - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, two novel effective strategies composed of Lévy flight and chaotic local search
are synchronously introduced into the whale optimization algorithm (WOA) to guide the …

Binary dragonfly optimization for feature selection using time-varying transfer functions

M Mafarja, I Aljarah, AA Heidari, H Faris… - Knowledge-Based …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dragonfly Algorithm (DA) is a recently proposed heuristic search algorithm that
was shown to have excellent performance for numerous optimization problems. In this …

An efficient chaotic mutative moth-flame-inspired optimizer for global optimization tasks

Y Xu, H Chen, AA Heidari, J Luo, Q Zhang… - Expert Systems with …, 2019 - Elsevier
Moth-flame optimization algorithm (MFO) is a new nature-inspired meta-heuristic based on
the navigation routine of moths in the environment known as transverse orientation. For …

An evolutionary gravitational search-based feature selection

M Taradeh, M Mafarja, AA Heidari, H Faris, I Aljarah… - Information …, 2019 - Elsevier
With recent advancements in data collection tools and the widespread use of intelligent
information systems, a huge amount of data streams with lots of redundant, irrelevant, and …

A whale optimization algorithm with chaos mechanism based on quasi-opposition for global optimization problems

H Chen, W Li, X Yang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA), as a newly developed meta-heuristic
algorithm, performs well in solving optimization problems. A WOA with chaos mechanism …