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Abstract Chimp optimization algorithm (CHOA) is a recently developed nature-inspired technique that mimics the swarm intelligence of chimpanzee colonies. However, the original CHOA suffers from slow convergence and a tendency to reach local optima when dealing with multidimensional problems. To address these limitations, we propose TASR-CHOA, a twofold adaptive stochastic reinforced variant. The TASR-CHOA algorithm integrates two novel methodologies: a stochastic approach to improve the speed at which convergence is achieved and a dual adaptive weighting approach to optimize the exploration of early patterns, which refer to initial trends or behaviors in the algorithm’s convergence process during the early stages of iterations and the exploitation of subsequent tendencies, indicating how these initial trends develop over time as the algorithm iterates and refines its search. To evaluate TASR-CHOA, we apply it to 29 conventional optimization benchmark functions, 10 IEEE CEC-06 benchmarks, 30 complicated IEEE CEC-BC benchmark functions, and ten well-known benchmark real-world challenges. We evaluate TASR-CHOA against 4 categorical optimization techniques as well as 18 top IEEE CEC-BC algorithms. Based on our broad investigation done using three statistical tests, we claim that TASR-CHOA outperforms the majority of the algorithms since within a position takes the best place, 54 out of 73 evaluation functions and engineering problems. In other cases, the results are almost the same as those of SHADE and CMA-ES over several comparisons. As an illustrative application of this joint approach, a computer-aided fire detection task is performed using a deep convolutional neural network combined with TASR-CHOA. We also outline the algorithm executed in steps, indicating computational complexity, which is O(NI×NV) + O(NI×NV×6) + O(NI×NV + 2×NI×NV) as a function of number of individuals (NI) and dimensions (NV).