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To solve the problems of low convergence accuracy and easy to fall into local optimum in the optimization process of the original artificial bee colony algorithm, this paper proposed an enhanced artificial bee colony algorithm with strong and weak ties theory (SWT-ABC). Firstly, it defined the strong and weak ties model in a matrix multi-groups structure and stipulated that the strong ties individuals randomly guided the search process from three directions to improve the convergence speed and accuracy. In order to enhance the ability to jump out of the local optimum, SWT-ABC adopted the interaction of weak ties individuals among subgroups to enhance the population diversity. Finally the algorithm added the reverse learning mechanism of scout bees and determined appropriate upper limit of honey source to improve the utilization efficiency of the evaluation times. Through the numerical experiment of benchmark functions and comparisons with 12 improved intelligent optimization algorithms, it shows that the SWT-ABC has high convergence accuracy and good robustness, and also gets good performance in solving high-dimensional optimization problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]