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6 claims from 5 papers

1. Computer Science › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

   Grasshopper Optimisation Algorithm: Theory and application

   Saremi, Mirjalili and Lewis · Advances in Engineering Software · 2017

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   1. UncheckedThe authors report that their proposed grasshopper-inspired optimisation algorithm gave better results than well-known and recent algorithms in the literature.“The results show that the proposed algorithm is able to provide superior results compared to well-known and recent algorithms in the literature.”

2. Computer Science › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

   Hyper-heuristics: a survey of the state of the art

   Burke, Gendreau, Hyde et al. · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 2013

   A survey of the hyper-heuristics literature: its origins, the main types of approach, related areas, and current and future research directions.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says hyper-heuristics fall into two main categories: those that select existing heuristics and those that generate new ones.“Two main hyper-heuristic categories can be considered: heuristic selection and heuristic generation.”
   2. UncheckedHyper-heuristics are defined by searching over heuristics or heuristic components, not directly over the possible solutions to the problem being addressed.“The distinguishing feature of hyper-heuristics is that they operate on a search space of heuristics (or heuristic components) rather than directly on the search space of solutions to the underlying problem that is being addressed.”

3. Computer Science › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

   A novel nature-inspired algorithm for optimization: Squirrel search algorithm

   Jain, Singh and Rani · Swarm and Evolutionary Computation · 2018

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   1. UncheckedThe paper states that the squirrel search algorithm (SSA) gives more accurate solutions, and converges faster, than other existing optimisation methods.“The results demonstrate that SSA provides more accurate solutions with high convergence rate as compared to other existing optimizers.”

4. Computer Science › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

   Applications, classifications, and challenges: a comprehensive evaluation of recently developed metaheuristics for search and analysis

   Shaikh, Raj, Zheng et al. · Artificial Intelligence Review · 2025

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   1. Unchecked“The rise of such methods has led to redundancy and fragmentation in the field, as many reframe familiar optimization principles using superficial metaphors rather than advancing core algorithmic mechanisms.”

5. Computer Science › Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research

   LLaMEA: A Large Language Model Evolutionary Algorithm for Automatically Generating Metaheuristics

   van Stein and Bäck · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2024

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   1. Unchecked“The algorithms also show competitive performance on the 10- and 20-dimensional instances of the test functions, although they have not seen such instances during the automated generation process.”