Table 1.
General information of some meta-heuristic algorithms
| Authors and references | Algorithm’s name and abbreviation | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Holland [60] | Genetic algorithm (GA) | 1975 |
| Kirkpatrick et al. [63] | Simulated annealing (SA) | 1983 |
| Glover [59] | Tabu search (TS) | 1986 |
| Srinivas and Deb [70] | NSGA for multi-objective optimization | 1994 |
| Eberhart and Kennedy [62] | Particle swarm optimization (PSO) | 1995 |
| Dorigo et al. [61] | Ant colony optimization (ACO) | 1996 |
| Storn and Price [64] | Differential evolution (DE) | 1997 |
| Rubinstein [71] | Cross entropy method (CEM) | 1997 |
| Mladenovic and Hansen [72] | Variable neighborhood search (VNS) | 1997 |
| Hansen and Ostermeier [73] | CMA-ES | 2001 |
| Geem et al. [74] | Harmony search (HS) | 2001 |
| Hanseth and Aanestad [75] | Bootstrap algorithm (BA) | 2001 |
| Larranaga and Lozano [76] | Estimation of distribution algorithms (EDA) | 2001 |
| Pham et al. [77] | Bees algorithms (BA) | 2005 |
| Karaboga [78] | Artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) | 2005 |
| Krishnanand and Ghose [79] | Glowworm swarm optimization (GSO) | 2006 |
| Haddad et al. [80] | Honey-bee mating optimization (HMO) | 2006 |
| Mucherino and Seref [81] | Monkey search (MS) | 2007 |
| Atashpaz-Gargari and Lucas [82] | Imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) | 2007 |
| Simon [83] | Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) | 2008 |
| Teodorović [84] | Bee colony optimization (BCO) | 2009 |
| He et al. [85] | Group search optimizer (GSO) | 2009 |
| Yang and Deb [86] | Cuckoo search (CS) | 2009 |
| Rashedi et al. [87] | Gravitational search algorithm (GSA) | 2009 |
| Kashan [88] | League championship algorithm (LCA) | 2009 |
| Kadioglu and Sellmann [89] | Dialectic search | 2009 |
| Shah-Hosseini [90] | Intelligent water drops (IWD) | 2009 |
| Yang [91] | Firefly algorithm (FA) | 2009 |
| Battiti and Brunato [92] | Reactive search optimization (RSO) | 2010 |
| Yang [93] | Bat algorithm (BA) | 2010 |
| Shah-Hosseini [94] | Galaxy-based search algorithm (GbSA) | 2011 |
| Tamura and Yasuda [95] | Spiral optimization (SO) | 2011 |
| Alsheddy [96] | Guided local search (GLS) | 2011 |
| Rajabioun [97] | Cuckoo optimization algorithm (COA) | 2011 |
| Gandomi and Alavi [98] | Krill Herd (KH) algorithm | 2012 |
| Civicioglu [99] | Differential search algorithm (DS) | 2012 |
| Sadollah et al. [100] | Mine blast algorithm (MBA) | 2013 |
| Hatamlou [101] | Black hole (BH) | 2013 |
| Gandomi [102] | Interior search algorithm (ISA) | 2014 |
| Cheng and Prayogo [103] | Symbiotic organisms search (SOS) | 2014 |
| Mirjalili et al. [65] | Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) | 2014 |
| Kashan [104] | Optics inspired optimization (OIO) | 2015 |
| Kaveh and Mahdavi [105] | Colliding bodies optimization (CBO) | 2015 |
| Salimi [106] | Stochastic fractal search (SFS) | 2015 |
| Zheng [107] | Water wave optimization (WWO) | 2015 |
| Dogan and olmez [108] | Vortex search algorithm (VSA) | 2015 |
| Wang et al. [109] | Elephant herding optimization (EHO) | 2015 |
| Kashan et al. [110] | Grouping evolution strategies (GES) | 2015 |
| Mirjalili [111] | Dragonfly algorithm | 2016 |
| Liang et al. [112] | Virus optimization algorithm (VOA) | 2016 |
| Mirjalili [113] | Sine cosine algorithm (SCA) | 2016 |
| Ebrahimi and Khamehchi [114] | Sperm whale algorithm (SWA) | 2016 |
| Mirjalili et al. [115] | Salp swarm algorithm (SSA) | 2017 |
| Baykasoğlu and Akpinar [116] | Weighted superposition attraction (WSA) | 2017 |
| Mortazavi et al. [117] | Interactive search algorithm (ISA) | 2018 |
| Heidari et al. [118] | Harris Hawks optimization (HHO) | 2019 |
| Yapici and Cetinkaya [119] | Pathfinder algorithm (PFA) | 2019 |
| Kaur et al. [120] | Tunicate swarm algorithm (TSA) | 2020 |
| Hayyolalam and Kazem [66] | Black widow optimization (BWO) | 2020 |
| Khishe and Mosavi [67] | Chimp optimization algorithm (ChOA) | 2020 |
| Braik et al. [121] | Capuchin search algorithm (CapSA) | 2021 |
| Talatahari et al. [122] | Crystal structure algorithm (CryStAl) | 2021 |
| Połap and Woźniak [68] | Red fox optimization (RFO) | 2021 |
| Pan et al. [69] | Gannet optimization algorithm (GOA) | 2022 |
| Eslami et al. [123] | Aphid–Ant mutualism (AAM) | 2022 |
| Hashim et al. [124] | Honey Badger algorithm (HBA) | 2022 |