Heuristics and Metaheuristics Algorithms
Nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms: literature review and presenting a novel classification

Mehdi Khadem; Abbas Toloie Eshlaghy; Kiamars Fathi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , June 2023, , Pages 286-339

https://doi.org/10.22105/jarie.2021.287733.1330

Abstract
  Over the past decade, solving complex optimization problems with metaheuristic algorithms has attracted many experts and researchers.There are exact methods and approximate methods to solve optimization problems. Nature has always been a model for humans to draw the best mechanisms and the best engineering ...  Read More

Inventory, logistics, and transportation
A multi-objective location-routing problem model for multi-device relief logistics under uncertainty using meta-heuristic algorithm

Adel Pourghader Chobar; Majid Sabk Ara; Samaneh Moradi Pirbalouti; Mehdi Khadem; Saeed Bahrami

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 354-373

https://doi.org/10.22105/jarie.2021.299798.1365

Abstract
  During natural and abnormal accidents, many people are injured, and a large number of wastes and rubbish are produced, so it is necessary to collect the injured and take them to treatment centers, which must be done in the reaction phase. Also, in the recovery and reconstruction phase, since a large ...  Read More