| Abbreviations | Full Name |
| EMTO | Evolutionary multitasking optimization |
| EMTAs | Evolutionary multitask algorithms |
| DE | Differential evolution |
| GA | Genetic algorithm |
| PSO | Particle swarm optimization |
| ACO | Ant colony optimization |
| MTLLSO | Multitask level-based learning swarm optimizer |
| MFEA | Multifactorial evolutionary algorithm |
| MFEA-II | Multifactorial evolutionary algorithm with online transfer parameter estimation |
| MTGA | Multitasking genetic algorithm |
| MFDE | Multifactorial differential evolution |
| DAMTO | Domain adaptation multitask optimization |
| BLKT-DE | Block-level knowledge transfer for evolutionary multitask optimization |
| MFPSO | Multifactorial particle swarm optimization |
| LLSO | Level-based learning swarm optimizer |
| RLMFEA | Evolutionary multitasking via reinforcement learning |
| MFEA-AKT | MFEA with adaptive knowledge transfer |
| LBKT | Level-based knowledge transfer |
| EMEA | Evolutionary multitasking via explicit autoencoding |
| CI | Complete intersection |
| PI | Partial intersection |
| NI | No intersection |
| HS | High similarity |
| MS | Medium similarity |
| LS | Low similarity |