Links to original papers introducing (or meta-analysis overviews of) the following algorithms/heuristics/methods:
- Genetic Algorithms (GA)
- Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
- Artificial immune systems (AIS)
- Boids
- Memetic Algorithm (MA)
- Ant Colony Optimization (ACO)
- Cultural Algorithms (CA)
- Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
- Self-propelled Particles
- Differential Evolution (DE)
- Bacterial Foraging Optimization
- Marriage in Honey Bees (MHB)
- Artificial Fish School
- Bacteria Chemotaxis (BC)
- Social Cognitive Optimization (SCO)
- Artificial Bee Colony
- Glowworm Swarm Optimization (GSO)
- Honey-Bees Mating Optimization (HBMO)
- Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO)
- Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm (SFLA)
- Intelligent Water Drops (IWD)
- River Formation Dynamics
- Biogeography-based Optimization (BBO)
- Roach Infestation Optimization (RIO)
- Bacterial Evolutionary Algorithm (BEA)
- Cuckoo Search (CS)
- Firefly Algorithm (FA)
- Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA)
- Bat Algorithm
- Eagle Strategy
- Fireworks algorithm
- Altruism Algorithm
- Spiral Dynamic Algorithm (SDA)
- Strawberry Algorithm
- Artificial Algae Algorithm (AAA)
- Bacterial Colony Optimization
- Flower pollination algorithm (FPA)
- Krill Herd
- Water Cycle Algorithm
- Black Holes Algorithm
- Cuttlefish Algorithm
- Gases Brownian Motion Optimization
- Mine blast algorithm
- Plant Propagation Algorithm
- Social Spider Optimization (SSO)
- Spider Monkey Optimization (SMO)
- Animal Migration Optimization (AMO)
- Artificial Ecosystem Algorithm (AEA)
- Bird Mating Optimizer
- Forest Optimization Algorithm
- Grey Wolf Optimizer
- Lion Optimization Algorithm (LOA)
- Optics Inspired Optimization (OIO)
- The Raven Roosting Optimisation Algorithm
- Water Wave Optimization
- Collective animal behavior (CAB)
- Aritificial Chemical Process Algorithm
- Bull optimization algorithm
- Elephent herding optimization (EHO)