# Exposing the grey wolf, moth‐flame, whale, firefly, bat, and antlion algorithms: six misleading optimization techniques inspired by<i>bestial</i>metaphors

> Research article (International Transactions in Operational Research, 2022) · cited 96× · AI/ML

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