Rabanal Basalo, Pablo ManuelRodríguez Laguna, IsmaelRubio Díez, Fernando2023-06-182023-06-182017-08-181877-750310.1016/j.jocs.2017.08.002https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/19333River formation dynamics is a metaheuristic where solutions are constructed by iteratively modifying the values associated to the nodes of a graph. Its gradient orientation provides interesting features such as the fast reinforcement of new shortcuts, the natural avoidance of cycles, and the focused elimination of blind alleys. Since the method was firstly proposed in 2007, several research groups have applied it to a wide variety of application domains, such as telecommunications, software testing, industrial manufacturing processes, or navigation. In this paper we review the main works of the last decade where the river formation dynamics metaheuristic has been applied to solve optimization problems.engjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2017.08.002restricted accessHeuristic methodsSwarm IntelligenceRiver Formation DynamicsApplicationsInteligencia artificial (Informática)Programación de ordenadores (Informática)Software1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial1203.23 Lenguajes de Programación3304.16 Diseño Lógico