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Real Estate Market-Based Optimization Algorithm (REMARK): a market-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm based on the law of supply and demand

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In this work, a metaheuristic optimization algorithm is developed based on the idea of interaction between the demanders and the suppliers in the real estate market. After reviewing the basic theory behind the idea, the working principles of the algorithm are developed and explained in details. The proposed framework yields the exploration and exploitation ability of the algorithm and also leads the algorithm to converge to the global maxima. In order to test the performance of the algorithm, 23 well-known benchmark functions of different characteristics are selected from the literature and the results are compared with seven metaheuristic algorithms. The algorithm is also evaluated on two engineering design problems. Results show the comparable performance of the REMARK and verify its potential to solve the optimization problems.

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The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. MATLAB® codes for the proposed algorithm are available publicly at https://github.com/navideqra/REMARK.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Hadi Nobahari

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Navid Eqra

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Ariyan Bighashdel

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Hadi Nobahari: Main idea, Final review, Supervision. Navid Eqra: Analysis, Modeling, Implementation, Simulation, Writing. Ariyan Bighashdel: Preliminary analysis.

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Nobahari, H., Eqra, N. & Bighashdel, A. Real Estate Market-Based Optimization Algorithm (REMARK): a market-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm based on the law of supply and demand. J Ambient Intell Human Comput 14, 12387–12405 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-022-04332-8

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