Solving Numerical Integration Using Firefly Optimization

Firefly Algorithm is one of the meta-heuristic algorithms that are capable of performing optimization quite efficiently. It is a relatively new concept being inspired by the flashing behavior of fireflies. In this work, we have used it effectively in calculation of definite integrals, especially when the integrands have prismitives that cannot be expressed using elementary functions. Our application gives results that are more exact than the results obtained by classical numerical methods even when the number of intervals used by us is small. Our implementation takes little time to run and hence can be used efficiently for practical purposes.