“…Recently, meta-heuristic algorithms have a great attention in controller parameter tuning process, especially in PID controller design. Quasi-oppositional harmony search algorithm (QOHS) [3], chaos-based firefly algorithm (CFFA) [4], salp swarm algorithm (SSA) [5], craziness based particle swarm optimization (CRAZYPSO) [6], quasi-oppositional grey wolf optimization (QOGWO) [7], differential evolution (DE) [8], [16], [19], [31], firefly algorithm (FA) [9], [12], hybrid bacteria foraging optimization algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm (hBFOA-PSO) [10], bacterial foraging optimization algorithm (BFOA) [11], symbiotic organism search (SOS) [13], differential search algorithm (DSA) [14], teaching learning based optimization (TLBO) [15], ant lion optimizer algorithm (ALO) [17], bath algorithm (BA) [18], grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA) [20], non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) [21], imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) [22], [25], [27], [30], cuckoo optimization algorithm (COA) [26], COA into harmony search (HS) algorithm (HSCOA) [28], hybrid local unimodal sampling (LUS) and TLBO (LUS-TLBO) [29], and gravitational search algorithm (GSA) [33] are some of the meta-heuristic and hybrid metaheuristic optimization algorithms employed to set PID controller parameters used in LFC system. The performances and advantages of the optimization algorithms are generally compared to well-known optimization algorithms such as PSO and GA.…”