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Tabu Search (TS) in MATLAB
Tabu Search (TS) is a local search-based metaheuristic, which is proposed by Fred W. Glover, in 1986. Tabu Search is completely based on the
Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO) in MATLAB
Biogeography-Based Optimization (BBO) is an evolutionary algorithm and metaheuristic, which is inspired by the biogeographic concepts: speciation (the evolution of new species), the migration
CMA-ES in MATLAB
Evolution Strategy (ES) is the first and oldest evolutionary algorithm, and it is based on the adaptation and evolution. Specially, the main concept used
Differential Evolution (DE) in MATLAB
Differential Evolution (DE) is an evolutionary algorithm, which uses the difference of solution vectors to create new candidate solutions. The key points, in the
Simulated Annealing in MATLAB
Simulated Annealing (SA) is a metaheuristic, inspired by annealing process. SA starts with an initial solution at higher temperature, where the changes are accepted
FP-Growth Association Rule Mining in MATLAB
Like Apriori algorithm, FP-Growth is an association rule mining approach. The term FP in the name of this approach, is abbreviation of Frequent Pattern.
MOEA/D in MATLAB
One of the classic approaches to deal with multi-objective optimization problems, is decomposition, which means that a multi-objective is decomposed to several (theoretically infinite)
Harmony Search in MATLAB
Harmony Search (HS) is a global optimization algorithm which inspired by harmony improvisation process of musicians, proposed by Zong Woo Geem in 2001. Every
Apriori Association Rule Mining in MATLAB
Association Rule Mining is a common task in the field of Data Mining, involving the recognition of frequent patterns, usually in transactional databases. For
PESA-II in MATLAB
Pareto Envelope-based Selection Algorithm II (PESA-II) is a multi-objective evolutionary optimization algorithm, which uses the mechanism of genetic algorithm together with selection based on
Teaching-Learning-based Optimization in MATLAB
Teaching-Learning-based Optimization (TLBO) is a metaheuristic, inspired by process of Teaching and Learning, via a simplified mathematical model of knowledge improvements gained by students
Shuffled Complex Evolution in MATLAB
Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE-UA) is a metaheuristic for global optimization, proposed by Duan, Gupta and Sorooshian, in 1992. Because SCE is the abbreviated name
Neural Gas and GNG Networks in MATLAB
Neural Gas network is a competitive Artificial Neural Network (ANN), very similar to Self-Organizing Map (SOM), which is proposed by Martinetz and Schulten, 1991.
Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm 2 (SPEA2) in MATLAB
Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm 2 (SPEA2) is an extended version of SPEA multi-objective evolutionary optimization algorithm. This algorithm utilized a mechanism like k-Nearest Neighbor
Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm in MATLAB
Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm (SFLA) is a metaheuristic, or more accurately it is a Memetic Algorithm, which is inspired by frog leaping. SFLA is
ACO for Continuous Domains in MATLAB
Originally, the Ant Algorithms are used to solve discrete and combinatorial optimization problems. Various extensions of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) are proposed to deal
Evolutionary Data Clustering in MATLAB
Clustering is an unsupervised machine learning task and many real world problems can be stated as and converted to this kind of problems. Clustering
Multi-Objective PSO in MATLAB
Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization (MOPSO) is proposed by Coello Coello et al., in 2004. It is a multi-objective version of PSO which incorporates the
NSGA-II in MATLAB
Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) is a multi-objective genetic algorithm, proposed by Deb et al., in 2002. It is an extension and improvement
Ant Colony Optimization in MATLAB
Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) are a set of probabilistic metaheuristics and an intelligent optimization algorithms, inspired by social behavior of ants. ACO algorithms are
Particle Swarm Optimization in MATLAB
[box type=”info” ]A video tutorial on PSO implementation in MATLAB is freely available for download, in this link.[/box] Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an
Binary and Real-Coded Genetic Algorithms in MATLAB
Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are most famous Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) which are inspired from natural evolution and selection. Their main application is in the field