Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Border Collie Optimization Subject The topic of the resource Benchmark test functions; Border Collie optimization; Friedman test; Kruskal-Wallis test; metaheuristic; optimization; swarm intelligence Description An account of the resource In recent times, several metaheuristic algorithms have been proposed for solving real world optimization problems. In this paper, a new metaheuristic algorithm, called the Border Collie Optimization is introduced. The algorithm is developed by mimicking the sheep herding styles of Border Collie dogs. The Border Collie's unique herding style from the front as well as from the sides is adopted successfully in this paper. In this algorithm, the entire population is divided into two parts viz., dogs and sheep. This is done to equally focus on both exploration and exploitation of the search space. The Border Collie utilizes a predatory move called eyeing. This technique of the dogs is utilized to prevent the algorithm from getting stuck into local optima. A sensitivity analysis of the proposed algorithm has been carried out using the Sobol's sensitivity indices with the Sobol g-function for tuning of parameters. The proposed algorithm is applied on thirty-five benchmark functions. The proposed algorithm provides very competitive results, when compared with seven state-of-the-art algorithms like Ant Colony optimization, Differential algorithm, Genetic algorithm, Grey-wolf optimizer, Harris Hawk optimization, Particle Swarm optimization and Whale optimization algorithm. The performance of the proposed algorithm is analytically and visually tested by different methods to judge its supremacy. Finally, the statistical significance of the proposed algorithm is established by comparing it with other algorithms by employing Kruskal-Wallis test and Friedman test. 2013 IEEE. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dutta T.; Bhattacharyya S.; Dey S.; Platos J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived IEEE Access, Vol-8, pp. 109177-109197. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2999540" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2999540</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087330032&amp;doi=10.1109%2FACCESS.2020.2999540&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=032469ae52626dbd629b5aadec388109" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087330032&amp;doi=10.1109%2fACCESS.2020.2999540&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=032469ae52626dbd629b5aadec388109</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 21693536 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Dutta T., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University Institute of Technology, Burdwan, 713104, India; Bhattacharyya S., Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CHRIST, Deemed to Be University, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Dey S., Department of Computer Science, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Jalpaiguri, 735210, India; Platos J., Department of Computer Science, FEECS, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, 70800, Czech Republic