Metaheuristic Algorithms in Optimization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Metaheuristic algorithms have attracted a great deal of attention in computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, engineering design, data mining, planning and scheduling, logistics and supply chains, etc. This Special Issue focuses on the recent developments of metaheuristic algorithms and their diverse applications, as well as theoretical studies.

We invite authors to contribute original research articles as well as review articles on recent advances in these active research areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Swarm intelligence
• Nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms
• Neighborhood search algorithms
• New metaheuristics/operators
• Parallelization of metaheuristics
• Hybridized algorithms
• Empirical and theoretical research of metaheuristics
• High-impact applications of metaheuristics
• Challenging problems such as multi-objective, stochastic, or dynamic problems

Dr. Yun-Chia Liang
Dr. Mehmet Fatih Tasgetiren
Dr. Quan-Ke Pan
Guest Editors

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