A Java Implementation of the Imperialist Competitive Algorithm.
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In this paper, I used a metaheuristic — an optimization algorithm — called Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA). For more information on ICA, check out Esmaeil Atashpaz Gargari’s webpage and the corresponding Wikipedia page.
This code is a translation of Esmaeil Atashpaz Gargari's code in Matlab available at: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22046-imperialist-competitive-algorithm-ica
If you use this code in your research, please cite my paper which uses it: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35533-2_19
Robin Roche - robinroche.com