due to the fact that the error surface of adaptive infinite impulse response (iir) systems is generally nonlinear and multimodal, the conventional derivative based techniques fail when used in adaptive identification of such systems. in this case, global optimization techniques are required in order to avoid the local minima. harmony search (hs), a musical inspired metaheuristic, is a recently ...

Global optimization methods play an important role to solve many real-world problems. Flower pollination algorithm (FP) is a new nature-inspired algorithm, based on the characteristics of flowering plants. In this paper, a new hybrid optimization method called hybrid flower pollination algorithm (FPPSO) is proposed. The method combines the standard flower pollination algorithm (FP) with the par...

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We review the application of trajectory methods (not including homotopy methods) to global optimization problems. The main ideas and the most successful methods are described and directions of current and future research are indicated.

This paper proposes a hybrid whale optimization algorithm (WOA) that is derived from the genetic and thermal exchange optimization-based (GWOA-TEO) to enhance global capability. First, high-quality initial population generated improve performance of GWOA-TEO. Then, (TEO) applied exploitation performance. Next, memory considered can store historical best-so-far solutions, achieving higher withou...