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+# optimization-algorithms
+Implementation of various optimization algorithms in C++
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+namely...
+
+* Particle swarm
+* Local search
+* Iterative local search
+* Random walking
+* Soma
+* Firefly
+* Differential evolution
+* Genetic
+* Harmony