Systematic literature review of nature inspired hybrid bat algorithms.

One of the profound things that human being has ventured is to demystify the natural process that is happening in nature. Nature inspires technology to solve real-time problems. There are various nature-inspired techniques based on insects that are used in population-based or ecology-based nature-inspired algorithms. In this paper, the nature-inspired Bat Algorithm, which is based on the echolocation behavior of bats, is discussed in detail. The Bat Algorithm has various hybrids which are used in numerous applications; all these hybrids are reviewed and discussed in this paper. Systematic analysis is conducted using Scopus and WoS databases to analyze the research trend for these hybrid algorithms, study its variants and application domains, and predict the future for these nature-inspired algorithms. Numerous experiments based upon year-wise analysis, correlation of related terms, article growth, etc. are conducted and described in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]