Teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) algorithm

Abstract

This chapter is prepared to describe the Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization (TLBO) algorithm, a novel metaheuristic optimization method inspired by an educational classroom environment. It has an interesting exclusivity which may facilitate the solution process of optimization problems. In this chapter, a brief literature review of the TLBO algorithm is first presented. Then, the working process and two phases of TLBO (teacher phase and learner phase) are depicted. Eventually, a pseudocode of TLBO is presented.