The Bees Algorithm – A Gentle Introduction

Marco Castellani*, Duc Pham

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Abstract

The Bees Algorithm is a popular optimisation method taking inspiration from the food foraging behaviour of honey bees. The algorithm performs a kind of exploi-tative neighbourhood search combined with random explorative search. This chapter describes in detail the Bees Algorithm and its variants. The description of the Bees Algorithm is framed in the general context of parameter optimisation, highlighting the main issues and how the Bees algorithm addresses them. The state-of-the-art of the empirical and theoretical understanding of the Bees Algo-rithm is discussed and areas of further work are suggested.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIntelligent Manufacturing and Production Optimisation – The Bees Algorithm Approach
EditorsDuc Truong Pham, Natalia Hartono
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages3–21
Number of pages19
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9783031145377
ISBN (Print)9783031145360, 9783031145391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2022

Publication series

NameSpringer Series in Advanced Manufacturing
PublisherSpringer
ISSN (Print)1860-5168
ISSN (Electronic)2196-1735

Keywords

  • Bees Algorithm
  • swarm intelligence
  • Biomimicry
  • optimisation

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