Ahybridmetaheuristicoptimizationalgorithmthatcombinesstrongpointsoffireflyandparticleswarmalgorithms.Theproposedalgorithmisabletoexploitthestrongpointsofbothparticleswarmandfireflyalgorithmmechanisms.HFPSOtrytodeterminethestartofthelocalsearchprocessproperlyb