Feature Paper in Metaheuristic Algorithms and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Metaheuristic algorithms have been extensively used for solving any kinds of problems in a wide range of fields, such as industrial applications, communications, economics, chemistry, medicine, etc., and they are specifically indicated in complex problems with high computational cost. Furthermore, there is a great variety of different strategies and applications, and every day, new improvements and ideas appear that contribute to enrich their exploitation possibilities in real problems.

We invite you to submit high-quality feature papers to this Topical Collection on “Feature Papers in Metaheuristic Algorithms and Applications”, with subjects covering the whole range from theory to applications. The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of topics of interest:

• Swarm intelligence, such as Artificial Bee Colony, Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization, etc.;
• Nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms such as Evolutionary Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, etc.;
• Neighborhood search algorithms such as Iterated Local Search, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Variable Neighborhood Search, etc.;
• New metaheuristic frameworks/approaches/operators;
• Hybrid evolutionary algorithms;
• Agent-based evolutionary approaches;
• Novel bio-inspired algorithms;
• Empirical and theoretical research of metaheuristics;
• Automatic configuration of metaheuristics.

Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Salas-Morera
Collection Editor

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