In this paper, a hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm, based on imperialistic competition algorithm (ICA), harmony search … (HS), and simulated annealing (SA) is presented. The body of the proposed hybrid algorithm is based on ICA. The proposed … hybrid algorithm inherits the advantages of the process of harmony creation in HS algorithm to improve the exploitation phase …

traditional approaches or optimization tools is extremely difficult. Thus, this paper proposes a meta-heuristic method based on …

model, a novel hybrid intelligent algorithm is proposed by combining the simulated annealing and clonal selection algorithms …. The proposed model and the hybrid algorithm are verified and validated using design of experiment and benchmark methods …. The results show that the hybrid algorithm has an outstanding performance from both solution quality and computational …

particle swarm optimization (PSO) on the basis of experimental results. The model developed for optimization has been validated …

calculating the thermodynamic properties of the process. A static approach for optimization was used to evaluate the optimum …

result on a random graph. In this paper, the further development of Genetic Algorithm (GA) for this integrated optimization …, it requires a multidimensional optimization at the same time: what to make, how many to make, where to make and the order … to make. It is a combinatorial, NP-hard problem, for which no polynomial time algorithm is known to produce an optimal …

positioned along Cameroon's coastline for maximum energy capture. Using the PARK model for wind turbine layout optimization, two …