Modified Selfish Herd Optimizer for Function Optimization

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050003
Author(s):  
Ruxin Zhao ◽  
Yongli Wang ◽  
Chang Liu ◽  
Peng Hu ◽  
Yanchao Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Global Search ◽  
Function Optimization ◽  
Test Cases ◽  
Lévy Flight ◽  
Levy Flight ◽  
Distribution Strategy ◽  
Selfish Herd

Selfish herd optimizer (SHO) is a new optimization algorithm. However, its optimization performance is not satisfactory. The main reason for this phenomenon is the weak global search ability of SHO. In this paper, in order to increase the global search ability of SHO, we add Levy-flight distribution strategy. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, we use 10 benchmark functions as test cases. Experiment results show that our algorithm is more competitive.

scholarly journals An Improved Moth-Flame Optimization Algorithm for Engineering Problems

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1234
Author(s):  
Yu Li ◽  
Xinya Zhu ◽  
Jingsen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Global Search ◽  
Population Diversity ◽  
Lévy Flight ◽  
Test Functions ◽  
Levy Flight ◽  
Engineering Design Problems ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
Moth Flame Optimization Algorithm

In this paper, an improved moth-flame optimization algorithm (IMFO) is presented to solve engineering problems. Two novel effective strategies composed of Lévy flight and dimension-by-dimension evaluation are synchronously introduced into the moth-flame optimization algorithm (MFO) to maintain a great global exploration ability and effective balance between the global and local search. The search strategy of Lévy flight is used as a regulator of the moth-position update mechanism of global search to maintain a good research population diversity and expand the algorithm’s global search capability, and the dimension-by-dimension evaluation mechanism is added, which can effectively improve the quality of the solution and balance the global search and local development capability. To substantiate the efficacy of the enhanced algorithm, the proposed algorithm is then tested on a set of 23 benchmark test functions. It is also used to solve four classical engineering design problems, with great progress. In terms of test functions, the experimental results and analysis show that the proposed method is effective and better than other well-known nature-inspired algorithms in terms of convergence speed and accuracy. Additionally, the results of the solution of the engineering problems demonstrate the merits of this algorithm in solving challenging problems with constrained and unknown search spaces.

scholarly journals Lévy-Flight Moth-Flame Algorithm for Function Optimization and Engineering Design Problems

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Li ◽  
Yongquan Zhou ◽  
Sen Zhang ◽  
Junmin Song
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Function Optimization ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Local Optimum ◽  
Lévy Flight ◽  
Design Problems ◽  
Levy Flight ◽  
Spiral Path ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Engineering Design Problems

The moth-flame optimization (MFO) algorithm is a novel nature-inspired heuristic paradigm. The main inspiration of this algorithm is the navigation method of moths in nature called transverse orientation. Moths fly in night by maintaining a fixed angle with respect to the moon, a very effective mechanism for travelling in a straight line for long distances. However, these fancy insects are trapped in a spiral path around artificial lights. Aiming at the phenomenon that MFO algorithm has slow convergence and low precision, an improved version of MFO algorithm based on Lévy-flight strategy, which is named as LMFO, is proposed. Lévy-flight can increase the diversity of the population against premature convergence and make the algorithm jump out of local optimum more effectively. This approach is helpful to obtain a better trade-off between exploration and exploitation ability of MFO, thus, which can make LMFO faster and more robust than MFO. And a comparison with ABC, BA, GGSA, DA, PSOGSA, and MFO on 19 unconstrained benchmark functions and 2 constrained engineering design problems is tested. These results demonstrate the superior performance of LMFO.

scholarly journals Multiverse Optimization Algorithm Based on Lévy Flight Improvement for Multithreshold Color Image Segmentation

IEEE Access ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 32805-32844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heming Jia ◽  
Xiaoxu Peng ◽  
Wenlong Song ◽  
Chunbo Lang ◽  
Zhikai Xing ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Image Segmentation ◽  
Optimization Algorithm ◽  
Color Image ◽  
Color Image Segmentation ◽  
Lévy Flight ◽  
Levy Flight
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