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This book reviews recent advances in theory and applications of genetic algorithm (GA). The book is composed of five parts; Part 1 of the book involves the chapters about the advances in GA theory. Part 2 concerns applications in health, society, and economy. Part 3 has an inclusive focus on application in power systems, and Part 4 concerns the applications of GA in electrical vehicle industries. Finally, Part 5 includes applications in signal and image processing.

This book explains the basic ideas behind several variants of ant colony optimization (ACO) and shows how they may be used in real-world settings like manufacturing, engineering design, and health care. Marco Dorigo proposed ACO for the first time, and it has been used to solve a variety of optimization problems. This book presents the latest developments of ACO.

This book is specially focused on the latest developments and findings on hybrid algorithms and benchmarks in optimization and their applications in sciences, engineering, and industries. The book also provides some comprehensive reviews and surveys on implementations and coding aspects of benchmarks. The book is useful for Ph.D. students and researchers with a wide experience in the subject areas and also good reference for practitioners from academia and industrial applications.