Research of multi-population agent genetic algorithm for feature selection

Search algorithm is an essential part of feature selection algorithm. In this paper, through constructing double chain-like agent structure and with improved genetic operators, the authors propose one novel agent genetic algorithm-multi-population agent genetic algorithm (MPAGAFS) for feature selection. The double chain-like agent structure is more like local environment in real world, the introduction of this structure is good to keep the diversity of population. Moreover, the structure can help to construct multi-population agent GA, thereby realizing parallel searching for optimal feature subset. In order to evaluate the performance of MPAGAFS, several groups of experiments are conducted. The experimental results show that the MPAGAFS cannot only be used for serial feature selection but also for parallel feature selection with satisfying precision and number of features.     

水声传感器网络中一种基于多种群萤火虫的路由协议

针对水声传感器网络的特殊性,提出一种基于多种群萤火虫的路由协议,以确保数据包在水声传感器网络各节点之间正确、高效地转发。首先构造水声传感器网络的网络模型;然后,设计3种类型的萤火虫,通过各种萤火虫之间的协同工作提高路由路径构建的自适应性并实现路由路径的选择和优化。仿真实验结果表明,与传统的水声传感器网络路由协议相比,在节点数量相同情的况下,该路由协议的数据包传送率更高,平均端到端延时更低,并且在平均数据传送率相同情况下,网络吞吐量更大。     

A parallel multi-population biased random-key genetic algorithm for a container loading problem

This paper presents a multi-population biased random-key genetic algorithm (BRKGA) for the single container loading problem (3D-CLP) where several rectangular boxes of different sizes are loaded into a single rectangular container. The approach uses a maximal-space representation to manage the free spaces in the container. The proposed algorithm hybridizes a novel placement procedure with a multi-population genetic algorithm based on random keys. The BRKGA is used to evolve the order in which the box types are loaded into the container and the corresponding type of layer used in the placement procedure. A heuristic is used to determine the maximal space where each box is placed. A novel procedure is developed for joining free spaces in the case where full support from below is required. The approach is extensively tested on the complete set of test problem instances of Bischoff and Ratcliff [1] and Davies and Bischoff [2] and is compared with 13 other approaches. The test set consists of 1500 instances from weakly to strongly heterogeneous cargo. The computational experiments demonstrate that not only the approach performs very well in all types of instance classes but also it obtains the best overall results when compared with other approaches published in the literature.     

Multi-population parallel self-adaptive differential artificial bee colony algorithm with application in large-scale service composition for cloud manufacturing

As a new service-oriented smart manufacturing paradigm, cloud manufacturing (CMfg) aims at fully sharing and circulation of manufacturing capabilities towards socialization, in which composite CMfg service optimal selection (CCSOS) involves selecting appropriate services to be combined as a composite complex service to fulfill a customer need or a business requirement. Such composition is one of the most difficult combination optimization problems with NP-hard complexity. For such an NP-hard CCSOS problem, this study proposes a new approach, called multi-population parallel self-adaptive differential artificial bee colony (MPsaDABC) algorithm. The proposed algorithm adopts multiple parallel subpopulations, each of which evolves according to different mutation strategies borrowed from the differential evolution (DE) to generate perturbed food sources for foraging bees, and the control parameters of each mutation strategy are adapted independently. Moreover, the size of each subpopulation is dynamically adjusted based on the information derived from the search process. Different scales of the CCSOS problems are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, and the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has superior performance over other hybrid and single population algorithms, especially for complex CCSOS problems.     

A cooperative-competitive master-slave global-best harmony search for ANN optimization and water-quality prediction

The artificial neural network (ANN) is one of the most accurate and commonly used machine-learning techniques and can learn even complex data by employing metaheuristic algorithms. Harmony search (HS) is a metaheuristic algorithm that imitates the process by which musicians tune their instruments to achieve perfect harmony. Global-best harmony search(GHS) is an effective variant of the HS algorithm that borrows the concept of gbest (globalbest) from particle-swarm optimization (PSO) to improve the performance of HS. Employing a multi-population technique improves the convergence of the algorithm. The master-slave technique is one of the most powerful multi-population techniques. This paper proposes a cooperative-competitive master-slave multi-population GHS (CC-GHS) to train the ANN. To provide the proposed CC-GHS algorithm with strong abilities in both exploration and exploitation, a competitive master-slave strategy (Com-GHS)is interacted with a cooperative master-slave strategy(Coo-GHS). A probabilistic variable is employed to achieve a good balance between cooperativeness and competitiveness. The method is tested on benchmark classification and time-series prediction problems, and statistical analyses demonstrate the ability of the proposed method. The CC-GHS is also applied to a real-world water-quality prediction problem with promising results.     

基于多种群的自适应免疫进化计算

将免疫思想同思维进化计算相结合，提出一种新的基于多种群的自适应免疫进化算法（IABM），算法定义了选择、记忆、克隆、超变异、抑制5种基本算子．试验结果表明该算法具有高效的收敛速度，并能收敛到全局最优点．与多种群遗传算法和思维进化计算相比，IABM收敛速度更快，收敛率更高．     

A hybrid multi-population genetic algorithm for the dynamic facility layout problem

Due to inherent complexity of the dynamic facility layout problem, it has always been a challenging issue to develop a solution algorithm for this problem. For more than one decade, many researchers have proposed different algorithms for this problem. After reviewing the shortcomings of these algorithms, we realize that the performance can be further improved by a more intelligent search. This paper develops an effective novel hybrid multi-population genetic algorithm. Using a proposed heuristic procedure, we separate solution space into different parts and each subpopulation represents a separate part. This assures the diversity of the algorithm. Moreover, to intensify the search more and more, a powerful local search mechanism based on simulated annealing is developed. Unlike the available genetic operators previously proposed for this problem, we design the operators so as to search only the feasible space; thus, we save computational time by avoiding infeasible space. To evaluate the algorithm, we comprehensively discuss the parameter tuning of the algorithms by Taguchi method. The perfectly tuned algorithm is then compared with 11 available algorithms in the literature using well-known set of benchmark instances. Different analyses conducted on the results, show that the proposed algorithm enjoys the superiority and outperformance over the other algorithms.     

基于多种群离散差分进化的图像稀疏分解算法

从过完备字典中得到图像的最稀疏表示是一个NP难问题,即使是次优的匹配追踪也相当复杂.针对Gabor多成份字典,提出基于多种群离散差分进化的图像稀疏分解算法.该算法采用3个子种群在不同成份子字典中搜索最佳匹配原子,父代通过多种变异算子生成多个子代,保持群体多样性,同时引入相关系数避免残差更新时多原子匹配重叠的问题.实验表明相比于快速匹配追踪算法,在稀疏逼近性能相当的情况下,文中算法的稀疏分解速度更快;与其他基于进化算法的稀疏分解方法相比,文中算法的稀疏逼近性能更优.最后的结果分析验证文中算法参数设置的合理性.     

一种基于相似性排挤的多种群混合遗传算法

在遗传算法优化的研究中,针对简单遗传算法存在的局部搜索能力差和早熟收敛的问题,提出一种相似性排挤的多种群混合遗传算法.新算法主要在宏观上设置多个子种群与一个最优保存种群的进化架构,并在子种群中引入模拟退火算法,构成合理的混合结构,用于提高算法的局部搜索能力.在微观方面,个体在子种群间交流时采取相似性评判标准,进而实施排挤替换操作,维护种群多样性,用于改善算法的早熟收敛问题.最后,通过对TSP问题的求解,验证算法的有效性与实用性.     

求解作业车间调度问题的多种群杂交遗传算法

提出了多种群杂交改进遗传算法,在约束条件处理中引入可能解空间概念;设计了机床编号可变的基于工序的编码。父代个体和交叉变异得到的个体在选择操作中具有同等选择机会,保证最优个体保留到下一代,又能保持子代的多样性。在遗传过程中引入修正种群,实现多种群杂交,以保持种群的多样性。应用实例分析和工程实践表明,算法稳定可靠,运行效率大大提高。