<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
and	O
operations	O
research	O
,	O
the	O
bees	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
population-based	O
search	B-Application
algorithm	I-Application
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Pham	O
,	O
Ghanbarzadeh	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
condition	O
for	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
bees	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
is	O
that	O
some	O
measure	O
of	O
distance	O
between	O
the	O
solutions	O
is	O
defined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effectiveness	O
and	O
specific	O
abilities	O
of	O
the	O
bees	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
have	O
been	O
proven	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
studies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bees	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
mimics	O
the	O
foraging	O
strategy	O
of	O
honey	O
bees	O
to	O
look	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
solution	O
to	O
an	O
optimisation	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bees	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
consists	O
of	O
an	O
initialisation	O
procedure	O
and	O
a	O
main	O
search	O
cycle	O
which	O
is	O
iterated	O
for	O
a	O
given	O
number	O
T	O
of	O
times	O
,	O
or	O
until	O
a	O
solution	O
of	O
acceptable	O
fitness	O
is	O
found	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
basic	O
bees	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
,	O
there	O
are	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
improved	O
or	O
hybrid	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
BA	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
focuses	O
on	O
some	O
shortcomings	O
of	O
the	O
basic	O
BA	O
.	O
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