Firefly Algorithm (FA) is one of the popular algorithm of Swarm Intelligence domain that can
be used in most of the areas of optimization. FA and its variants are simple to implement and …

The firefly algorithm has become an increasingly important tool of Swarm Intelligence that
has been applied in almost all areas of optimization, as well as engineering practice. Many …

Swarm intelligence represents a meta-heuristic approach to solve a wide variety of
problems. Searching for similar patterns of genes is becoming very essential to predict the …

Firefly algorithm (FA) was developed by Xin-She Yang in 2008 and it has become an
important tool for solving the hardest optimization problems in almost all areas of …

Path planning is a classic optimization problem which can be solved by many optimization
algorithms. The complexity of three‐dimensional (3D) path planning for autonomous …

In many optimization problems in real world, objective function, design variable or
constraints can be changed during time, so optimal value of these problems also can be …

The intervention of human expert to best select proper machining parameters can be
reduced by automatic process planning. This includes such tedious work and sufficient …

Electric discharge machining (EDM) is one of the most widely used die-making processes
especially in aerospace, automobile and electronics industries. The profile manufactured by …

Transformers are the heart of electrical transmission and distribution systems. The aim of
transformer design is to obtain the dimensions of all parts of the transformer in order to …

Aiming at the problem of poor global search ability and slow convergence speed when
solving optimization problems, this paper proposes improved hybrid firefly algorithm (HFA) …