Abstract: A novel consensus-based particle swarm optimization-guided surrogate-enhanced methodology (ACP-S) is developed to solve expensive black-box optimization (EBBO) problems. The proposed ...

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Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington provides funding as a member of The ...