Hard optimization problems that cannot be solved within reasonable time by standard, mathematical, deterministic methods are of great practical interest. Metaheuristics inspired by nature were recently successfully used for such problems. These metaheuristics are based on random Monte-Carlo search guided by simulation of some nature intelligence, especially evolution and swarm intelligence. One...

Biologically inspired computing or natural computing is a field of research that takes inspiration from nature, biology, physical systems, and social behavior of natural systems for developing computational techniques to solve complex optimization problems. For instance, one of the most well-established nature-inspired heuristic techniques is the genetic algorithm (GA), which is based on the su...

Many real world problems can be modelled as an optimization problem. Evolutionary algorithms are used to solve these problems. Ant colony algorithm is a class of evolutionary algorithms that have been inspired of some specific ants looking for food in the nature. These ants leave trail pheromone on the ground to mark good ways that can be followed by other members of the group. Ant colony optim...

Nature has always been a source of inspiration for solving complex engineering problems. It could be easily observed in the latest optimization algorithms that have been inspired by nature. Grey Wolf Optimization algorithm is a recent optimization algorithm that has been inspired by hunting behavior of grey wolves. In this paper, this algorithm has been investigated for the process of software ...

ABSTRACT Optimization algorithms are normally influenced by metaheuristic approach. In recent years several hybrid methods for optimization are developed to find out a better solution. The proposed work using meta-heuristic Nature Inspired algorithm is applied with back-propagation method to train a feedforward neural network. Firefly algorithm is a nature inspired meta-heuristic algorithm, and...

283  Abstract— Reactive power flow in a power system is optimized by real power loss minimization and it is essential for secured operation of power systems with regard to voltage stability and it also improves the economics of power system operation. Generator bus voltage magnitude, transformer tap settings and SVC controllers are the control variables for reactive power flow optimization. In...

Portfolio optimization (selection) problem is an important and hard optimization problem that, with the addition of necessary realistic constraints, becomes computationally intractable. Nature-inspired metaheuristics are appropriate for solving such problems; however, literature review shows that there are very few applications of nature-inspired metaheuristics to portfolio optimization problem...

many shape and topology optimization methods have been inspired from the nature. in this paper, two different optimization algorithms based on the adaptive biological growth (abg) have been applied to some structural elements. the first algorithm is developed for the shape optimization and is applied to a plate with a central hole as well as a fillet plate. the second algorithm is the soft kill...