Jayson A. Dela Fuente’s scientific contributions

Swarm Intelligence algorithms are computational intelligence algorithms inspired from the collective behavior of real swarms such as ant colony, fish school, bee colony, bat swarm, and other swarms in the nature. Swarm Intelligence algorithms are used to obtain the optimal solution for NP-Hard problems that are strongly believed that their optimal solution cannot be found in an optimal bounded time. Travels Salesman Problem (TSP) is an NP-Hard problem in which a salesman wants to visit all cities and return to the start city in an optimal time. In this article we are applying most efficient heuristic based Swarm Intelligence algorithms which are Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Artificial Bee Colony (ABC), Bat algorithm (BA), and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm to find a best solution for TSP which is one of the most well-known NP-Hard problems in computational optimization. Results are given for different TSP problems comparing the best tours founds by BA, ABC, PSO and ACO.

Metaheuristic algorithms are optimization algorithms that are used to address complicated issues that cannot be solved using standard approaches. These algorithms are inspired by natural processes such as genetics, swarm behavior, and evolution, and they are used to explore a broad search space to identify the global optimum of a problem. Genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, simulated annealing, and tabu search are examples of popular metaheuristic algorithms. These algorithms have been widely utilized to address complicated issues in domains like as engineering, finance, and computer science. In general, the history of metaheuristic algorithms spans several decades and involves the development of various optimization algorithms that are inspired by natural systems. Metaheuristic algorithms have become a valuable tool in solving complex optimization problems in various fields, and they are likely to continue to play an important role in the development of new technologies and applications.