Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 9th International Conference, META 2023, Marrakech, Morocco, November 1–4, 2023, Revised Selected Papers

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META 2023, held in Marrakech, Morocco, during November 1-4, 2023. 

The 19 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers are divided into the following topical sections: combinatorial optimization; scheduling; continuous optimization; automatic metaheuristics tuning; optimization and machine learning; and applications.

Combinatorial Optimization: Mixed Integer Linear Programming Based Large Neighborhood Search Approaches for the Directed Feedback Vertex Set Problem.- Uniformly Deployed Sets in Computer Science and Optimisation.- A Simulated Annealing Based Approach for the Roman Domination Problem.- Metaheuristic Algorithms for Circle Packing Problem: A Comprehensive Review.- Ergodic Annealing: intelligent optimization under uncertainty.- Scheduling: High Performance Algorithms for the Unrelated Parallel Machines Scheduling Problem with a Common Server and Job-Sequence Dependent Setup Times.- A Honey Bee Mating Optimization HyperHeuristic for Patient Admission Scheduling Problem.- Network ?ow models for days o? scheduling.- Continuous Optimization: Opposition Based Local Escaping Marine Predators Algorithm for Continuous Optimization; Impact of Structural Bias on the Sine Cosine Algorithm: A Theoretical Investigation Using the Signature Test; Success Rate Based Scaling Factor Adaptation in Dual-Population Di?erential Evolution.- Automatic Metahuristics Tuning: A Study About Meta-Optimizing the NSGA-II Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm.- Arti?cial Intelligence for Metaheuristic Parameter Setting.- Hyperheuristic as Tuning Tool of Generalized Swap Strategy.- Optimization & Machine Learning: An optimised version of di?erential evolution heuristic for feature selection.- Machine Learning-based Per-Instance Algorithm Selection for High-Performance Subgraph Isomorphism Enumeration.- Applications: Memetic Algorithms for the Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem: Real Case Study of Energy Distribution System Operator (DSO).- Cluster images with AntClust: a clustering algorithm based on the chemical recognition system of ants.- EVADyR: a new dynamic resampling algorithm for optimizing noisy expensive systems.