Gases Brownian Motion Optimization: an Algorithm for Optimization (GBMO)

In recent years, different optimization methods have been developed for optimization problem. Many of these methods are inspired by swarm behaviors in nature. In this paper, a new algorithm for optimization inspired by the gases brownian motion and turbulent rotational motion is introduced, which is called Gases Brownian Motion Optimization (GBMO). The proposed algorithm is created using the features of gas molecules. The proposed algorithm is an efficient approach to search and find an optimum solution in search space. The efficiency of the proposed method has been compared with some well-known heuristic search methods. The obtained results confirm the high performance of the proposed method in solving various functions.     

An improved particle swarm optimization algorithm for flowshop scheduling problem

The flowshop scheduling problem has been widely studied and many techniques have been applied to it, but few algorithms based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) have been proposed to solve it. In this paper, an improved PSO algorithm (IPSO) based on the “alldifferent” constraint is proposed to solve the flow shop scheduling problem with the objective of minimizing makespan. It combines the particle swarm optimization algorithm with genetic operators together effectively. When a particle is going to stagnate, the mutation operator is used to search its neighborhood. The proposed algorithm is tested on different scale benchmarks and compared with the recently proposed efficient algorithms. The results show that the proposed IPSO algorithm is more effective and better than the other compared algorithms. It can be used to solve large scale flow shop scheduling problem effectively.     

An effective hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm for multi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem

Flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is an extension of the classical job-shop scheduling problem. Although the traditional optimization algorithms could obtain preferable results in solving the mono-objective FJSP. However, they are very difficult to solve multi-objective FJSP very well. In this paper, a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and a tabu search (TS) algorithm are combined to solve the multi-objective FJSP with several conflicting and incommensurable objectives. PSO which integrates local search and global search scheme possesses high search efficiency. And, TS is a meta-heuristic which is designed for finding a near optimal solution of combinatorial optimization problems. Through reasonably hybridizing the two optimization algorithms, an effective hybrid approach for the multi-objective FJSP has been proposed. The computational results have proved that the proposed hybrid algorithm is an efficient and effective approach to solve the multi-objective FJSP, especially for the problems on a large scale.     

A hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm for optimization of crew scheduling

Crew scheduling problem is the problem of assigning crew members to the flights so that total cost is minimized while regulatory and legal restrictions are satisfied. The crew scheduling is an NP-hard constrained combinatorial optimization problem and hence, it cannot be exactly solved in a reasonable computational time. This paper presents a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm synchronized with a local search heuristic for solving the crew scheduling problem. Recent studies use genetic algorithm (GA) or ant colony optimization (ACO) to solve large scale crew scheduling problems. Furthermore, two other hybrid algorithms based on GA and ACO algorithms have been developed to solve the problem. Computational results show the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed hybrid PSO algorithm over other algorithms.     

A novel bacterial foraging optimization algorithm for feature selection

Bacterial foraging optimization (BFO) algorithm is a new swarming intelligent method, which has a satisfactory performance in solving the continuous optimization problem based on the chemotaxis, swarming, reproduction and elimination-dispersal steps. However, BFO algorithm is rarely used to deal with feature selection problem. In this paper, we propose two novel BFO algorithms, which are named as adaptive chemotaxis bacterial foraging optimization algorithm (ACBFO) and improved swarming and elimination-dispersal bacterial foraging optimization algorithm (ISEDBFO) respectively. Two improvements are presented in ACBFO. On the one hand, in order to solve the discrete problem, data structure of each bacterium is redefined to establish the mapping relationship between the bacterium and the feature subset. On the other hand, an adaptive method for evaluating the importance of features is designed. Therefore the primary features in feature subset are preserved. ISEDBFO is proposed based on ACBFO. ISEDBFO algorithm also includes two modifications. First, with the aim of describing the nature of cell to cell attraction-repulsion relationship more accurately, swarming representation is improved by means of introducing the hyperbolic tangent function. Second, in order to retain the primary features of eliminated bacteria, roulette technique is applied to the elimination-dispersal phase.In this study, ACBFO and ISEDBFO are tested with 10 public data sets of UCI. The performance of the proposed methods is compared with particle swarm optimization based, genetic algorithm based, simulated annealing based, ant lion optimization based, binary bat algorithm based and cuckoo search based approaches. The experimental results demonstrate that the average classification accuracy of the proposed algorithms is nearly 3 percentage points higher than other tested methods. Furthermore, the improved algorithms reduce the length of the feature subset by almost 3 in comparison to other methods. In addition, the modified methods achieve excellent performance on wilcoxon signed-rank test and sensitivity-specificity test. In conclusion, the novel BFO algorithms can provide important support for the expert and intelligent systems.     

异构系统中基于可用性的粒子群任务调度算法

任务调度技术是并行分布式系统中的关键技术之一,对系统的性能起着重要作用,但通常情况下大型系统的任务调度问题属于NP问题。而现代启发式生物进化算法是找出很多NP问题近似解的有效方法。本文将粒子群算法应用于基于可用性的网格系统调度中,提出了一种调度算法,对算法的性能进行了理论分析和模拟实验。结果表明:和最近文献中的基于可用性的调度算法SSAC相比,所提出的新算法在保证系统资源具有同样的可用性条件下,能够产生更好的调度长度。     

求解车间调度问题的自适应混合粒子群算法

针对最小完工时间的流水车间作业调度问题,提出了一种自适应混合粒子群进化算法--AHPSO,将遗传操作有效地结合到粒子群算法中.定义了粒子相似度及粒子能量,粒子相似度阈值随迭代次数动态自适应变化,而粒子能量阈值与群体进化程度及其自身进化速度相关.此外,针对算法运行后期进化速度慢的缺点,提出了一种基于邻域的随机贪心策略进一步提高算法的性能.最后将此算法在不同规模的实例上进行了测试,并与其他几种具有代表性的算法进行了比较,实验结果表明,无论是在求解质量还是稳定性方面都优于其他几种算法,并且能够有效求解大规模车间作业问题.     

车辆路径问题的改进混合粒子群算法研究

针对各种启发式算法在求车辆路径问题(VRP)中的缺陷,提出了改进的混合粒子群算法(MHPSO)的求解方法.分析了基于速度-位置更新策略传统粒子群算法在解决离散的和组合优化问题的不足.考虑到算法在求解过程中种群多样性的损失过快,引进了种群的多样性测度参数-平均粒距,以保持种群的多样性.同时利用混沌运功的随机性、遍历性和规律性等特性,采用混沌初始化粒子编码.详细讨论了该算法在车辆路径问题中的求解策略.针对同一个实例,将改进的混合粒子群算法与遗传算法从多个角度进行比较.仿真结果表明,论文所提出的算法性能较好,可以快速、有效求得车辆路径问题的优化解或近似优化解.     

An artificial bee colony-based hybrid approach for waste collection problem with midway disposal pattern

This paper investigates a waste collection problem with the consideration of midway disposal pattern. An artificial bee colony (ABC)-based hybrid approach is developed to handle this problem, in which the hybrid ABC algorithm is proposed to generate the better optimum-seeking performance while a heuristic procedure is proposed to select the disposal trip dynamically and calculate the carbon emissions in waste collection process. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is validated by numerical experiments. Experimental results show that the proposed hybrid approach can solve the investigated problem effectively. The proposed hybrid ABC algorithm exhibits a better optimum-seeking performance than four popular metaheuristics, namely a genetic algorithm, a particle swarm optimization algorithm, an enhanced ABC algorithm and a hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithm. It is also found that the midway disposal pattern should be used in practice because it reduces the carbon emission at most 7.16% for the investigated instances.     

Ensemble particle swarm optimizer

According to the “No Free Lunch (NFL)” theorem, there is no single optimization algorithm to solve every problem effectively and efficiently. Different algorithms possess capabilities for solving different types of optimization problems. It is difficult to predict the best algorithm for every optimization problem. However, the ensemble of different optimization algorithms could be a potential solution and more efficient than using one single algorithm for solving complex problems. Inspired by this, we propose an ensemble of different particle swarm optimization algorithms called the ensemble particle swarm optimizer (EPSO) to solve real-parameter optimization problems. In each generation, a self-adaptive scheme is employed to identify the top algorithms by learning from their previous experiences in generating promising solutions. Consequently, the best-performing algorithm can be determined adaptively for each generation and assigned to individuals in the population. The performance of the proposed ensemble particle swarm optimization algorithm is evaluated using the CEC2005 real-parameter optimization benchmark problems and compared with each individual algorithm and other state-of-the-art optimization algorithms to show the superiority of the proposed ensemble particle swarm optimization (EPSO) algorithm.     

广义粒子群优化模型

粒子群优化算法提出至今一直未能有效解决的离散及组合优化问题．针对这个问题,文中首先回顾了粒子群优化算法在整数规划问题的应用以及该算法的二进制离散优化模型,并分析了其缺陷．然后,基于传统算法的速度一位移更新操作,在分析粒子群优化机理的基础上提出了广义粒子群优化模型（GPSO）,使其适用于解决离散及组合优化问题．GPSO模型本质仍然符合粒子群优化机理,但是其粒子更新策略既可根据优化问题的特点设计,也可实现与已有方法的融合．该文以旅行商问题（TSP）为例,针对遗传算法（GA）解决该问题的成功经验,使用遗传操作作为GPSO模型中的更新算子,进一步提出基于遗传操作的粒子群优化模型,并以Inverover算子作为模型中具体的遗传操作设计了基于GPSO模型的TSP算法．与采用相同遗传操作的GA比较,基于GPSO模型的算法解的质量与收敛稳定性提高,同时计算费用显著降低．     

An Efficient Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Solving the Uncapacitated Continuous Location-Allocation Problem

Location-allocation problems are a class of complicated optimization problems that determine the location of facilities and the allocation of customers to the facilities. In this paper, the uncapacitated continuous location-allocation problem is considered, and a particle swarm optimization approach, which has not previously been applied to this problem, is presented. Two algorithms including classical and hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithms are developed. Local optima of the problem are obtained by two local search heuristics that exist in the literature. These algorithms are combined with particle swarm optimization to construct an efficient hybrid approach. Many large-scale problems are used to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithms. Our results are compared with the best algorithms in the literature. The experimental results show that the hybrid PSO produces good solutions, is more efficient than the classical PSO, and is competitive with the best results from the literature. Additionally, the proposed hybrid PSO found better solutions for some instances than did the best known solutions in the literature.     

多处理机调度问题的粒子群优化算法

建立了多处理机调度问题数学模型,结合遗传算法的思想提出了粒子群算法来解决多处理机调度问题。经过比较测试,4种粒子群算法的效果都比较好,特别是交叉策略A和变异策略A的混合粒子群算法是最好的且简单有效的算法。     

一种多粒子群协同进化算法

为进一步提高多粒子群协同进化算法的寻优精度, 并有效改善粒子群易陷入局部极值及收敛速度慢的问题, 结合遗传算法较强的全局搜索能力和极值优化算法的局部搜索能力, 提出了一种改进的多粒子群协同进化算法. 对粒子群优化算法提出改进策略, 并在种群进化过程中, 利用遗传算法增加粒子的多样性及优良性, 经过一定次数的迭代, 利用极值优化算法加快收敛速度. 实验结果表明该算法具有较好的性能, 能够摆脱陷入局部极值点的问题, 并具有较快的收敛速度.     

A new approach for solving set covering problem using jumping particle swarm optimization method

The set covering problem (SCP) is a well known classic combinatorial NP-hard problem, having practical application in many fields. To optimize the objective function of the SCP, many heuristic, meta heuristic, greedy and approximation approaches have been proposed in the recent years. In the development of swarm intelligence, the particle swarm optimization is a nature inspired optimization technique for continuous problems and for discrete problems we have the well known discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) method. Aiming towards the best solution for discrete problems, we have the recent method called jumping particle swarm optimization (JPSO). In this DPSO the improved solution is based on the particles attraction caused by attractor. In this paper, a new approach based on JPSO is proposed to solve the SCP. The proposed approach works in three phases: for selecting attractor, refining the feasible solution given by the attractor in order to reach the optimality and for removing redundancy in the solution. The proposed approach has been tested on the benchmark instances of SCP and compared with best known methods. Computational results show that it produces high quality solution in very short running times when compared to other algorithms.     

Development of efficient identification scheme for nonlinear dynamic systems using swarm intelligence techniques

This paper outlines the basic concept and principles of two simple and powerful swarm intelligence tools: the particle swarm optimization (PSO) and the Bacterial Foraging Optimization (BFO). The adaptive identification of an unknown plant has been formulated as an optimization problem and then solved using the PSO and BFO techniques. Using this new approach efficient identification of complex nonlinear dynamic plants have been carried out through simulation study.     

基于微粒群算法的QoS组播路由算法

文章研究了带宽、延时、延时抖动约束最小代价的QoS组播路由问题,提出了一种基于微粒群优化(PSO)算法[2,5]来设计路由优化算法。该算法采用一种新的整数编码方案,将路由优化问题转化成准连续优化问题,并采用罚函数处理约束条件。给出了应用微粒群优化算法求解QoS组播路由问题的算例,并与遗传算法和改进后的遗传算法进行了比较。计算机仿真实验证明,该算法可以更有效地求得QoS组播路由问题的优化解,可靠性高。     

Development of bacteria foraging optimization algorithm for cell formation in cellular manufacturing system considering cell load variations

The cellular manufacturing system (CMS) is considered as an efficient production strategy for batch type production. The CMS relies on the principle of grouping machines into machine cells and grouping machine parts into part families on the basis of pertinent similarity measures. The bacteria foraging optimization (BFO) algorithm is a modern evolutionary computation technique derived from the social foraging behavior of Escherichia coli bacteria. Ever since Kevin M. Passino invented the BFO, one of the main challenges has been the employment of the algorithm to problem areas other than those of which the algorithm was proposed. This paper investigates the first applications of this emerging novel optimization algorithm to the cell formation (CF) problem. In addition, for this purpose matrix-based bacteria foraging optimization algorithm traced constraints handling (MBATCH) is developed. In this paper, an attempt is made to solve the cell formation problem while considering cell load variations and a number of exceptional elements. The BFO algorithm is used to create machine cells and part families. The performance of the proposed algorithm is compared with a number of algorithms that are most commonly used and reported in the corresponding scientific literature such as K-means clustering, the C-link clustering and genetic algorithm using a well-known performance measure that combined cell load variations and a number of exceptional elements. The results lie in favor of better performance of the proposed algorithm.     

QoS multicast routing using a quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization algorithm

QoS multicast routing in networks is a very important research issue in networks and distributed systems. It is also a challenging and hard problem for high-performance networks of the next generation. Due to its NP-completeness, many heuristic methods have been employed to solve the problem. This paper proposes the modified quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) method for QoS multicast routing. In the proposed method, QoS multicast routing is converted into an integer programming problem with QoS constraints and is solved by the QPSO algorithm combined with loop deletion operation. The QPSO-based routing method, along with the routing algorithms based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA), is tested on randomly generated network topologies for the purpose of performance evaluation. The simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed method on QoS the routing problem and its superiority to the methods based on PSO and GA.     

基于演化算法的资源包投放优化

自然灾害中救援包的投放、高效的军事打击等现实情况都涉及资源包优化投放问题,但资源包的优化投放问题作为NP-hard问题,用传统的搜索方法很容易陷入局部最优,所以设计高效的现代启发式算法解决该问题显得尤为重要。本文提出一种通过区域分类、应用启发式算法及线性规划来解决该问题的方法。实验分别采用演化算法和遗传算法实现对资源包落点的确定。实验结果表明,应用演化算法的方法可以更高效地处理资源包优化投放问题。