Opposition based computing — A survey

In algorithms design, one of the important aspects is to consider efficiency. Many algorithm design paradigms are existed and used in order to enhance algorithms´ efficiency. Opposition-based Learning (OBL) paradigm was recently introduced as a new way of thinking during the design of algorithms. The concepts of opposition have already been used and applied in several applications. These applications are from different fields, such as optimization algorithms, learning algorithms and fuzzy logic. The reported results confirm that OBL paradigm was promising to accelerate or to enhance accuracy of soft computing algorithms. In this paper, a survey of existing applications of opposition-based computing is presented.