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Advancements in pigeon-inspired optimization and its variants

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The returning of homing pigeons to their lofts from remote and unfamiliar locations with great accuracy remains a mystery. Pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO), which is a novel mono-objective continuous optimization algorithm, is inspired by the hidden mechanism behind the remarkable navigation capacity of homing pigeons. Since their development, PIO and its variants have been widely applied to various fields ranging from combinatorial optimization to multi-objective optimization in many areas, such as aerospace, medicine, and energy. This study aims to review the modifications of PIO from four aspects of improvement measures, namely, component replacement, operation addition, structure adjustment, and application expansion. It also summarizes the problems of existing research and plots the course of future effort.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 61425008, 61333004, 91648205) and Aeronautical Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2015ZA51013).

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    Haibin Duan & Huaxin Qiu

  2. Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, 518000, China

    Haibin Duan

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Duan, H., Qiu, H. Advancements in pigeon-inspired optimization and its variants. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 62, 70201 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-018-9752-9

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