@article{paperid:1038030, author = {Abbas Khashei- Siuki and Issa Tadayoni Navaei and Ghahraman, Bijan and Mahdi Kouchakzadeh}, title = {EMPSACO: An improved hybrid optimization algorithm based on particle swarm, ant colony and elitist mutation algorithms}, journal = {Iranian Journal of Science and Technology-Transactions of Civil Engineering}, year = {2013}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, month = {July}, issn = {2228-6160}, pages = {491--501}, numpages = {10}, keywords = {Particle swarm optimization; ant colony; elitist mutation; metaheuristics; EMPSACO}, }