A Systematic Review on Harmony Search Algorithm: Theory, Literature, and Applications

Table 1

Selection and removal criteria for shortlisting research articles.

Sr. no.	Parameters	Selection criteria	Removal criteria
1	Time duration	Research articles published from 2008 to 2021	Research articles published before 2008
2	Application	Research articles on bioinformatics, software engineering, scheduling, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, and networking	Research articles on economics, environment, and social-economics
3	Comparison	Research articles focus on the variants of HSA and control parameter	Research articles focus on the variant of other metaheuristics
4	Study	Research articles include experimental results and solid mathematical foundation	Research involves case study, patent, and articles in different languages other than English
5	Analysis	Research articles include the various control parameters of HSA	Research articles include the different operators of other metaheuristics