Grasshopper Optimisation Algorithm (GOA)

GOA is a novel meta-heuristic algorithm for global optimisation

The proposed Grasshopper Optimisation Algorithm (GOA) mathematically models and mimics the behaviour of grasshopper swarms in nature for solving optimisation problems.
S. Saremi, S. Mirjalili, A. Lewis, Grasshopper Optimisation Algorithm: Theory and Application, Advances in Engineering Software , in press, 2016, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2017.01.004
Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965997816305646
A Matlab toolbox for this algorithm can be found here: (to be advised later)
If you have no access to the paper, please drop me an email at [e-mail] and I will send you the paper.

All of the source codes and extra information as well as more optimization techniques can be found in my personal website at http://www.alimirjalili.com

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