This paper presents a new optimization algorithm based on human society's intelligent
contests. FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition competed by …

Optimization problems were and still are the focus of mathematics from antiquity to the
present. Since the beginning of our civilization, the human race has had to confront …

The term neural network evolution usually refers to network topology evolution leaving the
network's parameters to be trained using conventional algorithms. In this paper we present a …

Meta-heuristic methods are global optimization algorithms which are widely used in the
engineering issues, nowadays. The main problem with the classical optimization algorithms …

A novel method of locating all real roots of systems of nonlinear equations is presented here.
The root finding problem is transformed to optimization problem, enabling the application of …

The optimization of beam angles in IMRT planning is still an open problem, with literature
focusing on heuristic strategies and exhaustive searches on discrete angle grids. We show …

For the preliminary structural design of aircraft, spacecraft and marine vessels,
computationally efficient and sufficiently accurate computational methods are necessary …

The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) method is a global optimization technique based on
the gradual evolution of a population of solutions called particles. The method evolves the …

The problem of finding the global minimum of a function is applicable to a multitude of real-
world problems and, hence, a variety of computational techniques have been developed to …

Asymptotic approximations such as the first-and second-order reliability method (FORM,
SORM) are sometimes preferred in reliability analysis due to their efficiency. Bayesian …