Name Xin-She Yang | Education University of Oxford | |
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Books Nature‑Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms, Engineering Optimization: An Introd, Nature‑Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Applied Engineering Mathematics, Introductory Mathematics for Earth | ||
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Xin-She Yang is a Senior Research Scientist at National Physical Laboratory, best known as a developer of various heuristic algorithms for engineering optimization. He obtained a DPhil in applied mathematics from Oxford University. He has given invited keynote talks at SEA2011, SCET2012, BIOMA2012 and Mendel Conference on Soft Computing (Mendel 2012).
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He created the firefly algorithm (2008), cuckoo search (2009), bat algorithm (2010), and flower pollination algorithm.
These algorithms have become important tools in artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural computing and engineering applications. Since 2009, more than 1,000 peer-reviewed research papers cited the firefly algorithm and/or cuckoo search. In addition, the Van Flandern–Yang hypothesis was derived from his collaboration with Tom Van Flandern to explain the gravity variations during the 1997 solar eclipse, and this theory is related to the well-known Allais effect and other phenomena.