Hello, Patrice! I suggest you to take a look at these papers:

1) http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-3699-7_32#page-1

2) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0584854709001967

3) http://geea.lyellcollection.org/content/6/4/349.short

4) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262048860_Parallelization_of_a_Modified_Firefly_Algorithm_using_GPU_for_Variable_Selection_in_a_Multivariate_Calibration_Problem

5) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262048711_Partial_Parallelization_of_the_Successive_Projections_Algorithm_using_Compute_Unified_Device_Architecture

6) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263351058_Paralelizao_do_Algoritmo_das_Projees_Sucessivas_em_GPU_usando_uma_Implementao_das_Regresses_Sequenciais_para_Seleo_de_Variveis_em_Problemas_de_Calibrao_Multivariada?ev=prf_pub

7) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264347665_Paralelizao_de_Algoritmos_APS_e_Firefly_para_Seleo_de_Variveis_em_Problemas_de_Calibrao_Multivariada

Best wishes and good luck with your research!

Article Parallelization of a Modified Firefly Algorithm using GPU fo...

Conference Paper Partial Parallelization of the Successive Projections Algori...

Conference Paper Paralelização do Algoritmo das Projeções Sucessivas em GPU u...

Thesis Paralelização de Algoritmos APS e Firefly para Seleção de Va...

Thanks a lot Lauro for your helpful contribution. I will go through the references and will be back to you. Wish you the best for your PhD.

I am referring to an work in RES and blastability.

Thanks Alireza, I'll review the reference. My pleasure.