Imperialist competitive algorithm: An algorithm for optimization inspired by imperialistic competition

2007 · 2,654 citations · 4 from inside this corpus

Esmaeil Atashpaz-Gargari low, Caro Lucas low

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What this paper cites, inside the corpus

Paper	Year	Cited
Practical Genetic Algorithms	2003	4,249
Ant colony optimization theory: A survey	2005	2,308

What cites it, inside the corpus

Paper	Year	Cited
The Whale Optimization Algorithm	2016	14,509
The Arithmetic Optimization Algorithm	2021	2,931
Equilibrium optimizer: A novel optimization algorithm	2019	2,335
Reptile Search Algorithm (RSA): A nature-inspired meta-heuristic optimizer	2021	1,436

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Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications	Computer Science
Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research	Computer Science
Music and Audio Processing	Computer Science

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