The Expanded Invasive Weed Optimization Metaheuristic for Solving Continuous and Discrete Optimization Problems

<table><tr><td><table class="algorithm" id="alg2"><tr><td colspan="2">/* <i>Spreading</i> */</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Create randomly a new individual  <svg height="11.175" id="M37" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 7.5500002 11.175" width="7.5500002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg>.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Return  <svg height="11.175" id="M38" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 7.5500002 11.175" width="7.5500002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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Algorithm 2

Algorithm 2: The Expanded Invasive Weed Optimization Metaheuristic for Solving Continuous and Discrete Optimization Problems 