Topologically sensitive metaheuristics

We present the conceptual design of two topologically sensitive metaheuristics: 1. Topologically Sensitive Variable neighborhood search (TVNS) and 2. Topologically Sensitive Electromagnetism metaheuristics (TEM). Our intention is to show that this topological enhancement can be done in general case, therefore, we select two complementary techniques: VNS is single-solution based and discrete coded metaheuristic, while EM populationbased and real coded metaheuristic. The usability of such metaheuristics and their theoretical aspects will be discussed in further papers.