Evolutionary Computation, Metaheuristics, Nature-Inspired Algorithms, and Symmetry

Dear Colleagues,

Computational intelligence is an important branch of artificial intelligence. Nowadays, evolutionary computation as a part of computational intelligence is widely used to solve various numerical problems and real-world engineering problems. Its application and development bring a great contribution to the optimization domain. Thus, it is of great interest to investigate the role and significance of evolutionary computation, metaheuristics, and nature-inspired algorithms in optimizing distinctive problems such as model symmetry/asymmetry, model architecture and hyperparameters, numerical functions, and industrial processing.

This Special Issue aims to bring together both experts and newcomers from either academia or industry to discuss new and existing issues concerning evolutionary computation and optimization. The research topics include single-objective optimization, multi-objective optimization, combinatorial optimization, and real-world problems, as well as industrial control, job-shop scheduling, pattern recognition, and computer vision. There is no limit on the number of pages, but the submissions must demonstrate an understanding of the theme and contribute to the specified topic.

Dr. Yirui Wang
Dr. Shangce Gao
Dr. Yang Yu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Symmetry is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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• evolutionary computation
• metaheuristics
• nature-inspired algorithms
• single-objective optimization
• multi-objective optimization
• real-world engineering application
• intelligent systems
• Artificial Intelligence