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Differential evolution
CMA-ES
estimation of distribution algorithm
no free lunch theorems
Particle swarm optimization
NSGA
MOGA
Ant colony algorithm
Interactive evolutionary computation
Memetic algorithm
metaplan for tuning an optimizer's parameters by using another optimizer
artificial immune system
Tabu search
Simulated annealing
metaplan for tuning an optimizer's parameters by using another optimizer