{"id":2,"date":"2019-04-09T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-02-01T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T13:35:23","slug":"metaeuristici-pentru-sisteme-complexe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaheuristics for Complex Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><code>The Metaheuristics for Complex Systems (MECO) research group is a multidisciplinary group that brings together expertise in metaheuristic-based computation, computational intelligence, machine learning and complex systems. The group's research interests focus on modeling, analyzing and developing metaheuristic-based computational techniques from theoretical studies and empirical investigations to real-world applications. MECO group members have extensive experience in the development of various computational intelligence models, hybrid algorithms and machine learning techniques and their application in the context of complex systems and problems.<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pattern-features p-animation-move-sideways is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-large);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-5\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized bk-duotone-primary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/publications.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" width=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/publications.png 512w, https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/publications-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/publications-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);letter-spacing:-0.04em;line-height:1.1\">188<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Peer-reviewed publications to date<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-grey-background-color has-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized bk-duotone-primary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/project.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-891\" width=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/project.png 512w, https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/project-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/project-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xx-small);letter-spacing:-0.03em;line-height:1.1\">5<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Active research projects (including collaborations)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-duotone-000000-7f7f7f-3 wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized bk-duotone-primary\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-893\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-1.png 512w, https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cs.ubbcluj.ro\/~meco\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 50px) 100vw, 50px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading 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