A Hybrid Metaheuristic for High-Dimensional Constrained Optimization: Applications to Logistics and UAV Path Planning
Yarong Li, Chuandong Qin · 2026
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Description
Finding the best route or plan under many rules is a hard search, and bird-inspired methods are a fresh tool for it. Yarong Li and Chuandong Qin upgrade one such method in a 2026 paper. Their base method copies a kingfisher's hover, dive, and group hunt, but it starts unevenly and leans too hard on the best bird.
Four fixes add chaos-seeded starts, guided search, random kicks to escape traps, and a center-based way to respect bounds. The upgraded method beat eleven rivals on a standard test suite. It also won on two real tasks: cold-chain delivery routes and drone fleet paths. Checks that remove one fix at a time confirmed each one helps.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yarong Li, Chuandong Qin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 117 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |