A novel artificial bee colony algorithm with depth-first search framework and elite-guided search equation

Laizhong Cui, Genghui Li, Qiuzhen Lin, Zhihua Du, Weifeng Gao, Jianyong Chen, Nan Lu

Abstract: Highlights•A depth-first search (DFS) framework is designed for ABC.•Two novel search equations are invented respectively in employed and onlooker bee phases.•Our algorithm is better than other ABC variants and non-ABC methods on many benchmark functions.