Cooperation search algorithm (CSA)

A novel metaheuristic evolutionary intelligence algorithm for the global optimization problem

The cooperation search algorithm (CSA) randomly generates a set of candidate solutions in the problem space, and then three operators are repeatedly executed until the stopping criterion is met: the team communication operator is used to improve the global exploration and determine the promising search area; the reflective learning operator is used to achieve a comprise between exploration and exploitation; the internal competition operator is used to choose solutions with better performances for the next cycle.