“…These algorithms, and algorithms derived from their base have been applied in several fields with promising outcomes. Some noteworthy examples of metaheuristics applied to optimization problems include examples for crude oil price forecasting ( Jovanovic et al, 2022 ; Al-Qaness et al, 2022 ), Ethereum and Bitcoin prices predictions ( Stankovic et al, 2022b ; Milicevic et al, 2023 ; Petrovic et al, 2023 ; Gupta & Nalavade, 2022 ), industry 4.0 ( Jovanovic et al, 2023b ; Dobrojevic et al, 2023 ; Para, Del Ser & Nebro, 2022 ), medicine ( Zivkovic et al, 2022a ; Bezdan et al, 2022 ; Budimirovic et al, 2022 ; Stankovic et al, 2022a ), security ( Zivkovic et al, 2022b ; Savanović et al, 2023 ; Jovanovic et al, 2023c ; Zivkovic et al, 2022c ), cloud computing ( Thakur & Goraya, 2022 ; Mirmohseni, Tang & Javadpour, 2022 ; Bacanin et al, 2022d ; Zivkovic et al, 2021 ), and environmental sciences ( Jovanovic et al, 2023d ; Bacanin et al, 2022b ; Kiani et al, 2022 ).…”