Metaheuristic Algorithms

Dear Colleagues,

Metaheuristic algorithms represent a rapidly growing research domain and have recently attracted a great deal of attention; they are successfully applied in engineering, transportation, planning and scheduling, logistics and supply chains, and a broad range of other domains.

Metaheuristic algorithms are widely used in combinatorial optimization to solve complex problems with non-deterministic polynomial-time hardness; they are often able to find high-quality solutions with less computational effort than other optimization methods.

This Special Issue aims at gathering recent advances in metaheuristic algorithms used for both combinatorial and continuous optimization problems. We invite authors to present their original research articles as well as review articles. This Special Issue provides a platform for researchers from academia and industry to present their novel and unpublished work in this thrilling domain.

Prof. Dr. Petr Stodola
Guest Editor

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