A teaching–learning-based cuckoo search for constrained engineering design problems

Abstract

A new hybrid algorithm named teaching–learning-based Cuckoo Search (TLCS) is proposed for constrained optimization problems. The TLCS modifies the Cuckoo Search (CS) based on the teaching–learning-based Optimization (TLBO) and then is applied for constrained engineering design problems. Experimental results on several well-known constrained engineering design problems demonstrate the effectiveness, efficiency, and robustness of the proposed TLCS. Moreover, the TLCS obtains some solutions better than those previously reported in the literature.