Review of applications of TLBO algorithm and a tutorial for beginners to solve the unconstrained and constrained optimization problems

Article history: Received June25, 2015 Received in revised format: September 22, 2015 Accepted September 24, 2015 Available online September 25 2015 The teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) algorithm is finding a large number of applications in different fields of engineering and science since its introduction in 2011. The major applications are found in electrical engineering, mechanical design, thermal engineering, manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, structural engineering, computer engineering, electronics engineering, physics, chemistry, biotechnology and economics. This paper presents a review of applications of TLBO algorithm and a tutorial for solving the unconstrained and constrained optimization problems. The tutorial is expected to be useful to the beginners.