【期刊】群体与进化计算 Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Aims and scope 目标和范围

  Introduction: 引言：

      To tackle complex real world problems, scientists have been looking into natural processes and creatures - both as model and metaphor - for years. Optimization is at the heart of many natural processes including Darwinian evolution, social group behavior and foraging strategies. Over the last few decades, there has been remarkable growth in the field of nature-inspired search and optimization algorithms. Currently these techniques are applied to a variety of problems, ranging from scientific research to industry and commerce. The two main families of algorithms that primarily constitute this field today are the evolutionary computing methods and the swarm intelligence algorithms. Although both families of algorithms are generally dedicated towards solving search and optimization problems, they are certainly not equivalent, and each has its own distinguishing features. Reinforcing each other's performance makes powerful hybrid algorithms capable of solving many intractable search and optimization problems.
        为了解决复杂的现实世界问题，科学家们多年来一直在研究自然过程和生物——无论是作为模型还是隐喻。优化是许多自然过程的核心，包括达尔文进化论、社会群体行为和觅食策略。在过去的几十年里，受自然启发的搜索和优化算法领域取得了显着增长。目前，这些技术被应用于各种问题，从科学研究到工业和商业。今天主要构成该领域的两个主要算法家族是进化计算方法和群体智能算法。尽管这两个算法系列通常都致力于解决搜索和优化问题，但它们肯定不是等价的，并且每个算法都有自己的显着特征。通过增强彼此的性能，强大的混合算法能够解决许多棘手的搜索和优化问题。

About the journal: 关于期刊：

        Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is the first peer-reviewed publication of its kind that aims at reporting the most recent research and developments in the area of nature-inspired intelligent computation based on the principles of swarm and evolutionary algorithms. It publishes advanced, innovative and interdisciplinary research involving the theoretical, experimental and practical aspects of the two paradigms and their hybridizations. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation is committed to timely publication of very high-quality, peer-reviewed, original articles that advance the state-of-the art of all aspects of evolutionary computation and swarm intelligence. Survey papers reviewing the state-of-the-art of timely topics will also be welcomed as well as novel and interesting applications.
        Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 是同类出版物中第一本同行评审的出版物，旨在报告基于群体和进化算法原理的自然启发智能计算领域的最新研究和发展。它发表先进的、创新的和跨学科的研究，涉及两种范式及其杂交的理论、实验和实践方面。Swarm and Evolutionary Computation 致力于及时发表非常高质量的、经过同行评审的原创文章，这些文章推动了进化计算和群体智能各个方面的最新技术。回顾最新及时主题的调查论文以及新颖有趣的应用也将受到欢迎。

Topics of Interest: 感兴趣的话题：

        Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Genetic Algorithms, and Genetic Programming, Evolution Strategies, and Evolutionary Programming, Differential Evolution, Artificial Immune Systems, Particle Swarms, Ant Colony, Bacterial Foraging, Artificial Bees, Fireflies Algorithm, Harmony Search, Artificial Life, Digital Organisms, Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, Stochastic Diffusion Search, Quantum Computing, Nano Computing, Membrane Computing, Human-centric Computing, Hybridization of Algorithms, Memetic Computing, Autonomic Computing, Self-organizing systems, Combinatorial, Discrete, Binary, Constrained, Multi-objective, Multi-modal, Dynamic, and Large-scale Optimization.
        感兴趣的主题包括但不限于：遗传算法和遗传编程、进化策略和进化编程、差异进化、人工免疫系统、粒子群、蚁群、细菌觅食、人造蜜蜂、萤火虫算法、和谐搜索、人工生命、数字生物、分布算法估计、随机扩散搜索、量子计算、纳米计算、膜计算、以人为本的计算、杂交算法、模因计算、自主计算、自组织系统、组合、离散、二进制、约束、多目标、多模态、动态和大规模优化。

Applications: 应用：

        Furthermore, the journal fosters industrial uptake by publishing interesting and novel applications in fields and industries dealing with challenging search and optimization problems from domains such as (but not limited to): Aerospace, Systems and Control, Robotics, Power Systems, Communication Engineering, Operations Research and Decision Sciences, Financial Services and Engineering, (Management) Information Systems, Business Intelligence, internet computing, Sensors, Image Processing, Computational Chemistry, Manufacturing, Structural and Mechanical Designs, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Mathematical and Computational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain-computer Interfacing, Future Computing Devices, Nonlinear statistical and Applied Physics, and Environmental Modeling and Software.
        此外，该杂志还通过在涉及（但不限于）航空航天、系统与控制、机器人技术、电力系统、通信工程、运筹学与决策科学、（管理）信息系统、商业智能、互联网计算、 传感器、图像处理、计算化学、制造、结构和机械设计、生物信息学、计算生物学、数学和计算心理学、认知神经科学、脑机接口、未来计算设备、非线性统计和应用物理学以及环境建模和软件。

Software publication 软件发布

        We invite you to convert your open source software into an additional journal publication in Software Impacts, a multi-disciplinary open access journal. Software Impacts provides a scholarly reference to software that has been used to address a research challenge. The journal disseminates impactful and re-usable scientific software through Original Software Publications which describe the application of the software to research and the published outputs.
我们邀请您将您的开源软件转换为多学科开放获取期刊 Software Impacts 上的其他期刊出版物。Software Impacts为用于解决研究挑战的软件提供了学术参考。该杂志通过原始软件出版物传播有影响力和可重复使用的科学软件，这些出版物描述了该软件在研究中的应用和发表的成果。

Guide for authors 作者指南

This journal encourages and enables you to share software that supports your research publication where appropriate, and enables you to interlink the software and data with your published article.You have the option to convert your open source software into an additional journal publication in Software Impacts, a multi-disciplinary open access journal that provides a scholarly reference to software that has been used to address a research challenge. It ensures that your software is actively reviewed, curated, formatted, indexed, given a DOI and publicly available to all upon publication. You are encouraged to submit your article to Software Impacts as an additional item If your research article is accepted. Please note an open access fee of 250 USD is payable for publication in Software Impacts. Full details can be found on the Software Impacts website. Please use this template to write your Software Impacts article.
本期刊鼓励并允许您在适当的情况下共享支持您的研究出版物的软件，并使您能够将软件和数据与您发表的文章联系起来。您可以选择将您的开源软件转换为Software Impacts上的其他期刊出版物，Software Impacts是一本多学科的开放获取期刊，为用于解决研究挑战的软件提供学术参考。它确保您的软件得到积极审查、策划、格式化、索引、DOI，并在发布时向所有人公开。如果您的研究文章被接受，我们鼓励您将您的文章作为附加项目提交给 Software Impacts。请注意，在Software Impacts上发表文章需要支付250美元的开放获取费。完整的详细信息可以在 Software Impacts 网站上找到。请使用此模板撰写软件影响文章。

Submission checklist 提交清单

You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
您可以使用此列表对您的投稿进行最终检查，然后再将其发送给期刊进行审核。请查看本作者指南中的相关部分，了解更多详情。

Ensure that the following items are present:
确保存在以下项目：

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
一位作者被指定为通讯作者，联系方式如下：
• E-mail address • 电子邮件地址
• Full postal address
• 完整的邮寄地址

All necessary files have been uploaded:
所有必要的文件都已上传：
Manuscript: 手稿：
• Include keywords • 包括关键字
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• 所有图表（包括相关标题）
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• 所有表格（包括标题、描述、脚注）
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• 确保文本中的所有图形和表格引用都与提供的文件匹配
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
• 清楚地指出是否应将颜色用于打印中的任何图形
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
图形摘要/突出显示文件（如适用）
Supplemental files (where applicable)
补充文件（如适用）

Further considerations 其他注意事项
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• 稿件已“拼写检查”和“语法检查”
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• 参考文献列表中提到的所有参考文献均在正文中引用，反之亦然
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• 已获得使用来自其他来源（包括互联网）的受版权保护材料的许可
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• 即使作者没有要声明的竞争利益，也要提供竞争利益声明
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• 本指南中详述的期刊政策已经过审查
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
• 根据期刊要求提供推荐建议和联系方式

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Before you begin 准备工作

Ethics in publishing 出版伦理

Please see our information on  Ethics in publishing .
请参阅我们关于出版道德的信息。

Declaration of competing interest
利益冲突声明

Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. All authors, including those  without  competing interests to declare, should provide the relevant information to the corresponding author (which, where relevant, may specify they have nothing to declare). Corresponding authors should then use  this tool  to create a shared statement and upload to the submission system at the Attach Files step.  Please do not convert the .docx template to another file type. Author signatures are not required.
通讯作者必须代表提交的所有作者披露与其他人或组织的任何财务和个人关系，这些关系可能会不恰当地影响（偏见）他们的工作。潜在利益冲突的例子包括雇佣、咨询、股票所有权、酬金、有偿专家证词、专利申请/注册以及赠款或其他资金。所有作者，包括那些没有竞争利益的作者，都应向通讯作者提供相关信息（在相关情况下，通讯作者可以说明他们没有什么可声明的）。然后，通讯作者应使用此工具创建共享声明，并在“附加文件”步骤中上传到提交系统。请不要将 .docx 模板转换为其他文件类型。不需要作者签名。

Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
生成式人工智能在科学写作中的宣言

The below guidance only refers to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyse and draw insights from data as part of the research process.
以下指南仅涉及写作过程，而不是作为研究过程的一部分，使用人工智能工具从数据中分析和得出见解。

Where authors use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, authors should only use these technologies to improve readability and language. Applying the technology should be done with human oversight and control, and authors should carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. AI and AI-assisted technologies should not be listed as an author or co-author, or be cited as an author. Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans, as outlined in Elsevier’s AI policy for authors.
如果作者在写作过程中使用生成式人工智能 （AI） 和 AI 辅助技术，作者应仅使用这些技术来提高可读性和语言性。应用该技术应该在人类的监督和控制下完成，作者应该仔细审查和编辑结果，因为人工智能可以生成听起来权威的输出，这些输出可能是不正确的、不完整的或有偏见的。人工智能和人工智能辅助技术不应被列为作者或合著者，也不应被引用为作者。作者身份意味着只能归因于人类并由人类执行的责任和任务，如爱思唯尔的 AI 作者政策中所述。

Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by following the instructions below. A statement will appear in the published work. Please note that authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of the work.
作者应按照以下说明在写作过程中披露人工智能和人工智能辅助技术的使用。声明将出现在已发表的作品中。请注意，作者对作品内容负有最终责任。

Disclosure instructions 披露说明
Authors must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of their manuscript in the core manuscript file, before the References list. The statement should be placed in a new section entitled ‘Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process’.
作者必须在核心稿件文件的稿件末尾，在参考文献列表之前添加声明，披露在写作过程中使用生成式人工智能和人工智能辅助技术的情况。该声明应放在题为“写作过程中的生成式人工智能和人工智能辅助技术的声明”的新章节中。

Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.
声明：在准备本作品期间，作者使用[名称工具/服务]来[REASON]。使用此工具/服务后，作者根据需要审查和编辑内容，并对出版物的内容承担全部责任。

This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement.
本声明不适用于使用基本工具检查语法、拼写、参考文献等。如果没有什么要披露的，就没有必要添加声明。

Submission declaration and verification
提交声明和验证

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, see  'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication'  for more information), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify compliance, your article may be checked by  Crossref Similarity Check  and other originality or duplicate checking software.
提交一篇文章意味着所描述的工作以前没有发表过（除了以摘要、已发表的讲座或学术论文的形式，有关更多信息，请参阅“多次、冗余或同时发表”），它没有考虑在其他地方发表，其发表得到了所有作者的批准，并得到了进行工作的主管当局的默示或明确， 并且，如果被接受，未经版权所有者书面同意，不得以相同的形式、英语或任何其他语言（包括电子方式）在其他地方发布。为了验证合规性，您的文章可能会通过Crossref相似性检查和其他原创性或重复性检查软件进行检查。

Preprints 预印本
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's  sharing policy . Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see ' Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication ' for more information).
请注意，预印本可以随时随地共享，符合爱思唯尔的共享政策。共享您的预印本，例如在预印本服务器上共享，将不算作先前发表（有关更多信息，请参阅“多次、冗余或并发发表”）。

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在 SSRN 上发布预印本

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