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Abstract: Integer Linear Programming (ILP) is an important mathematical approach for solving time-sensitive real-life optimization problems, including network routing, map routing, traffic scheduling, ...

Abstract: This paper presents a modified bonobo optimizer (MBO) that integrates the Gaussian local mutation, restart strategy, and random contraction strategy into the original bonobo optimizer (BO).