Intelligence Optimization Algorithms: A Survey

Particle swarm optimization

James Kennedy, R.C. Eberhart · 2002 · 46.5K citations

Engineering, Firefly Algorithm, Intelligent Optimization +7

Optimization by Simulated Annealing

Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, M.P. Vecchi · Science · 1983 · 44K citations

Numerical Analysis, Large-scale Global Optimization, Computational Science +15

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines

N. Metropolis, Arianna W. Rosenbluth, M. N. Rosenbluth et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1953 · 36.5K citations

Numerical Analysis, Engineering, Material Simulation +22

Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents

Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo, A. Colorni · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) · 1996 · 11.8K citations

Mathematical Programming, Positive Feedback, Engineering +18

A modified particle swarm optimizer

Yibing Shi, R.C. Eberhart · 2002 · 10K citations

Engineering, Fitness, Industrial Engineering +18