Use of quantum-inspired metaheuristics during last two decades

Metaheuristics are widely perceived optimization methods that provide optimal solutions to an expansive range of computational problems. This paper provides a survey of the quantum-inspired metaheuristics, which is a successful alternative to the classical approach for solving optimization problems and combines the principles of quantum computing and metaheuristic. The idea of employing the concept of quantum mechanics in classical computers for better working of the metaheuristic methods has been a flourishing area of research since the last few decades. This paper aims to provide details of current state-of-the-art quantum-inspired metaheuristics by explaining their working principles and the applications of it in order to do further research in this field.