Classical optimization algorithms are insufficient in large scale combinatorial problems and
in nonlinear problems. Hence, metaheuristic optimization algorithms have been proposed …

Nonlinear Equations (NEs), which may usually have multiple roots, are ubiquitous in diverse
fields. One of the main purposes of solving NEs is to locate as many roots as possible …

Concrete filled steel tubes (CFSTs) show advantageous applications in the field of
construction, especially for a high axial load capacity. The challenge in using such structure …

Finding multiple roots of nonlinear equation systems (NESs) in a single run is one of the
most important challenges in numerical computation. We tackle this challenging task by …

Recently, energy efficiency in wireless networks has become an important objective. Aside
from the growing proliferation of smartphones and other high-end devices in conventional …

Multi-objective flow shop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times
(MOFSP-SDST) is a class of important production scheduling problem with strong industry …

Landslide susceptibility (LS) map** is an essential tool for landslide risk assessment. This
study aimed to provide a new approach with better performance for landslide map** and …

Nonlinear equations system (NES) arises commonly in science and engineering. Repulsion
techniques are considered to be the effective methods to locate different roots of NES. In …

It is very difficult to locate multiple global optimal solutions (GOSs) of multimodal optimization
problems (MMOPs). To deal with this issue, a penalty-based multimodal optimization …

Portfolio optimization is one of the important issues for effective and economic investment.
There is plenty of research in the literature addressing this issue. Most of these pieces of …