What is SI: nature-inspired methods for providing good-quality

solutions to highly complex optimization problems at a low

computational cost (balance between explotation and exploration of the
decision space).
Motivation:
Translate the swarm techniques from their method into a practical and
specific field of logistics: application on the VRP.
Classification:
Population-based vs. Single-point search
Memory usage vs. Memory-less methods
Dynamic vs. Static objective function
Discrete vs. Continuous
Constrained vs. Unconstrained
Single vs. Multi objective function
Opportunity for developing a strict theoretical framework to serve as a
basis for future recommendation on which algorithms to select for prespecified problems.