Initialization of metaheuristics is a crucial topic that lacks a comprehensive and systematic review of the state of … provide insights for initialization. Motivated by the aforementioned research gap, we provide a related review and begin by … initialization approaches while proposing a new categorization of them. Next, we focus on challenging optimization problems, namely …

estimator initialization of the Stereo-inertial measurement unit (IMU) system, which does not require any prior information and … is suitable for system initialization in a variety of environments. Design/methodology/approach Before calibration and … initialization, a modified stereo tracking method is adopted to obtain a motion pose, which provides prerequisites for the next three …

propose a new smoothing-based initialization routine that optimizes the use of a training sample of data to obtain initials …