Differential evolution – an easy and efficient evolutionary algorithm for model optimisation

Genetic algorithms in search, optimization, and machine learning

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 49.3K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +14

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algorithms +10

A Simplex Method for Function Minimization

J. A. Nelder, R. Mead · The Computer Journal · 1965 · 28.9K citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +8

Differential Evolution – A Simple and Efficient Heuristic for global Optimization over Continuous Spaces

Rainer Storn, Kenneth V. Price · Journal of Global Optimization · 1997 · 28.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Optimization +12

A user's guide to tabu search

Fred Glover, Éric D. Taillard, Éric D. Taillard · Annals of Operations Research · 1993 · 910 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Information Retrieval +8