Sharif University of Technology Scientia Iranica 1026-3098 22 6 2015 12 01 Central force metaheuristic optimisation Central force metaheuristic optimisation 1941 1953 2011 EN N. Siddique School of Computing and Intelligent Systems, Ulster University, Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 7JL, United Kingdom H. Adeli Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43220, U.S.A Journal Article 2015 12 28 Central Force Optimisation (CFO) is a nature-inspired conceptual framework with roots in gravitational kinematics, a branch of physics that models the motion of masses moving under the in uence of gravity. This paper presents a review of CFO, its variants, and applications to engineering problems. Example applications include electric circuit design, antenna design, water pipe network design, and training of articial neural networks. https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_2011_c8758b517083196f05ac29810b924aca.pdf