Metaheuristics in water, geotechnical and transport engineering / edited by Xin-She Yang, Mathematics and Scientific Computing, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 OLW, UK, Amir Hossein Gandomi, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA, Siamak Talatahari, Marand Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, Amir Hossein Alavi, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.