The goal of algorithm selection is to automatically select the best suitable algorithm for current problem from a batch of available algorithms. For this purpose, an intelligent recommendation framework based on meta-learning approach was presented. The automatic selection procedure for Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Simulated Annealing (SA) was designed according to this framework by using Multi-mode Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (MRCPSP) as the validation data set. Three hundred and seventy-eight instances of MRCPSP were randomly picked out from the Project Scheduling Problem Library (PSPLib), and the inherent and statistic features of each instance were extracted and used as the metadata, then the prediction meta-model for new examples was obtained by using Feed-forward Neural Network (FNN) algorithm. The empirical results demonstrate that the hit rate reaches 95% at most, and the average hit rate is 85% when choosing one algorithm from two ones; the best hit rate reaches 92% and 80% respectively when choosing one algorithm from three ones. The proposed intelligent recommendation framework is successful and the automatic selection for optimization algorithms is feasible.