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		<title>Karl Jones: Created page with &quot;In mathematical optimization, the '''firefly algorithm''' is a metaheuristic proposed by Xin-She Yang and inspired by the flashing behavior of fireflies.  == Descripti...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;In &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php/Mathematical_optimization&quot; title=&quot;Mathematical optimization&quot;&gt;mathematical optimization&lt;/a&gt;, the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;firefly algorithm&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=Metaheuristic&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Metaheuristic (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;metaheuristic&lt;/a&gt; proposed by Xin-She Yang and inspired by the flashing behavior of fireflies.  == Descripti...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[mathematical optimization]], the '''firefly algorithm''' is a [[metaheuristic]] proposed by Xin-She Yang and inspired by the flashing behavior of fireflies.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Description ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Nature-inspired metaheuristics in general have started to attract criticism in the research community for hiding their lack of novelty behind an elaborate metaphor.&lt;br /&gt;
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In response, Springer's Journal of Heuristics has updated their editorial policy to state that:&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;Implementations should be explained by employing standard optimization terminology, where a solution is called a &amp;quot;solution&amp;quot; and not something else related to some obscure metaphor (e.g., harmony, flies, bats, countries, etc.).&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The firefly algorithm specifically has been criticized as differing from the well-established [[particle swarm optimization]] only in a negligible way.&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Mathematical optimization]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Metaheuristic]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Particle swarm optimization]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Swarm intelligence]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_algorithm Firefly algorithm] @ Wikipedia&lt;br /&gt;
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