Bat algorithms have been applied in almost every area of optimization, classifications,

image processing, feature selection, scheduling, data mining and others.

"bat algorithm has the advantage of simplicity and flexibility. BA is easy to implement, and such a simple algorithm can be very flexible to solve a wide range of problems as we have seen in the above review."

Yang, X. S., & He, X. (2013). Bat algorithm: literature review and applications. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, 5(3), 141-149.

Dear Prof. Nageswara Rao:

It is interesting to note that X.S. Yang developed three famous algorithms successively.

(1) Cuckoo algorithm (2008)

(2) Firefly algorithm (2010)

(3) Bat algorithm (2013)

Relative merits, performance and applications of these nature-inspired computing algorithms may be looked into. Bat algorithm is very popular indeed.

Bat algorithm is very easy to implement algorithm and it produces reliable results. Bat algorithm is applied for the design of microwave microstrip couplers by me and my colleague. You can find the details as follows;

Ezgi Deniz Ulker, Sadik Ulker, Microstrip coupler design using bat algorithm, International journal of artificial intelligence&applications, vol.5 no.1, 2014, pp.127-133

Dear Sundar,

Here are a few applications of bat algorithm in engineering design (mostly in structural engineering)

Yang, X. S., & Gandomi, A. H. (2012). Bat algorithm: a novel approach for global engineering optimization. Engineering Computations, 29(5), 464-483.

Yang, X. S., & He, X. (2013). Bat algorithm: literature review and applications. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, 5(3), 141-149.

Gandomi, A. H., Yang, X. S., Alavi, A. H., & Talatahari, S. (2013). Bat algorithm for constrained optimization tasks. Neural Computing and Applications, 22(6), 1239-1255.

Gandomi, A. H., Talatahari, S., Yang, X. S., & Deb, S. (2013). Design optimization of truss structures using cuckoo search algorithm. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 22(17), 1330-1349.

Carbas, S., & Hasancebi, O. (2013). Optimum design of steel space frames via bat inspired algorithm. In 10 th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization.

Yang, X. S., & He, X. (2013). Bat algorithm: literature review and applications. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, 5(3), 141-149.

Gandomi, A. H., Yang, X. S., & Alavi, A. H. (2011). Mixed variable structural optimization using firefly algorithm. Computers & Structures, 89(23), 2325-2336.

BA has also been successfully applied to tough optimization problem such as motor wheel optimization problem, clustering problem, in addition to 8 well known engineering optimization tasks. Bats are animals that have wings and possess the capability of echolocation (also  called biosonar). Echolocating animals emit calls to the environment and listen to the echoes of those calls. These echoes will be used to locate and identify the objects. Among all the bat species, microbats use echolocation extensively.  In microbats, echolocation is a type of sonar used to detect prey, avoid close obstacles in the dark, and locate roosting crevices.

http://www.jatit.org/volumes/Vol51No1/1Vol51No1.pdf

Dear @Sundar, I am so glad that dear @Nageswara is back again. Welcome! Regarding papers on this issue and applications in different fields of bat algorithm, here are some papers from Research Gate data base! Hope it will help!

Article Bat Algorithm: A Novel Approach for Global Engineering Optimization

Article Microstrip Coupler Design Using Bat Algorithm

Article Bat Algorithm is Better Than Intermittent Search Strategy

Article A Novel Hybrid Bat Algorithm with Harmony Search for Global ...

Article Bat algorithm for constrained optimization tasks

Article Bat Algorithm Inspired Algorithm for Solving Numerical Optim...

Conference Paper Improved solution based on Bat Algorithm to Vehicle Routing ...

Dear Ljubomir Jacić : yes, it is great to have Prof. Nageswara Rao back at RG!

I visited Iowa State University long ago (Prof. Nageswara works in a different University at Iowa, USA), and there is a big clock tower in this University, I remember. I have a good friend named Dr. Wolfgang Kliemann, who is a Professor of Mathematics there. I came to know Dr. Kliemann through my (late) guide, Dr. Byrnes, USA.

Iowa is a quiet and peaceful state in USA. Plenty of corn fields in Iowa state!

Hello everyone

I also examined and simulated bat algorithm for automatic generation control (AGC) of interconnected power systems and it was useful

Dear Hatef Farshi - Is there any software tool for implementing bat algorithm? Is it included in any MATLAB or SCILAB toolbox? Thank you!

Here is a good reference:

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-12538-6_6

And here is a matlab demo code:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/37582-bat-algorithm--demo-

Dear Sundarapandian

The following paper, as a new bat variant may help you.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269697018_Chaotic_bat_swarm_optimisation_%28CBSO%29?ev=prf_pub

Article Chaotic bat swarm optimisation (CBSO)

this paper may be help you

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S156849461500229X

Xin-She Yang, Bat algorithm: literature review and

applications, Int. J. Bio-Inspired Computation, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 141–149 (2013).

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIC.2013.055093   

Hope this will help you.

BA is a multi-agent approach that simulates the behavior of microbats [23–24]. In

echolocation, each pulse only lasts a few thousandths of a second (up to about 8–10 ms).

Nevertheless, it has a constant frequency which is usually in the range of 25–150 kHz corresponding to the wavelengths of 2–14 mm. 

The following articles are recent applications of bat algorithm in various fields:

Raghunathan, T., Jayabarathi, T., & Yang, X. S. (2016). Economic dispatch using chaotic bat algorithm. Energy, 96, 666-675

Tsai, P. W., Cai, S., Istanda, V., Liao, L. C., & Pan, J. S. (2016). Improving the Searching Capacity of Evolved Bat Algorithm by the Periodic Signal. In Genetic and Evolutionary Computing (pp. 3-9). Springer International Publishing

Khooban, M. H., & Niknam, T. (2015). A new intelligent online fuzzy tuning approach for multi-area load frequency control: Self Adaptive Modified Bat Algorithm. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 71, 254-261.

Talatahari, S., & Kaveh, A. (2015). Improved bat algorithm for optimum design of large-scale truss structures. Int. J. Optim. Civ. Eng5, 2, 241-254.

Khooban, M. H., & Niknam, T. (2015). A new intelligent online fuzzy tuning approach for multi-area load frequency control: Self Adaptive Modified Bat Algorithm. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 71, 254-261.

Ye, Z. W., Wang, M. W., Liu, W., & Chen, S. B. (2015). Fuzzy entropy based optimal thresholding using bat algorithm. Applied Soft Computing, 31, 381-395.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296636431_Codes_in_MATLAB_for_Particle_Swarm_Optimization

Code Codes in MATLAB for Particle Swarm Optimization

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/297245624_Particle_Swarm_Optimization_Algorithm_and_its_Codes_in_MATLAB

Research Particle Swarm Optimization: Algorithm and its Codes in MATLAB

Can anyone provide me the coding for PSOGSA for economic load dispatch problems.

It a metaheuristic method which uses the biological behavior of bats to produce a search strategy.

This fine paper by developer of bat-algorithm is available now at Researchgate.

Bat algorithm (BA) is a bio-inspired algorithm developed by Xin-She Yang in 2010 and BA has been found to be very efficient. As a result, the literature has expanded significantly in the last three years. This paper provides a timely review of the bat algorithm and its new variants. A wide range of diverse applications and case studies are also reviewed and summarised briefly here. In addition, we also discuss the essence of an algorithm and the links between algorithms and self-organisation. Further research topics are also discussed...

Article Bat Algorithm: Literature Review and Applications

There are thousend of implementations of this approach by considering several variants.

In general, it defines operator of atraction to other positions ocupied by best so-far elements

All the answer are great

Bat algorithm (BA) is a bio-inspired algorithm developed by Xin-She Yang in 2010 and BA has been found to be very efficient .