A novel evacuation path planning method based on improved genetic algorithm

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Longzhen Zhai ◽  
Shaohong Feng

In order to solve the problem of finding the best evacuation route quickly and effectively, in the event of an accident, a novel evacuation route planning method is proposed based on Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing algorithm in this paper. On the one hand, the simulated annealing algorithm is introduced and a simulated annealing genetic algorithm is proposed, which can effectively avoid the problem of the search process falling into the local optimal solution. On the other hand, an adaptive genetic operator is designed to achieve the purpose of maintaining population diversity. The adaptive genetic operator includes an adaptive crossover probability operator and an adaptive mutation probability operator. Finally, the path planning simulation verification is carried out for the genetic algorithm and the improved genetic algorithm. The simulation results show that the improved method has greatly improved the path planning distance and time compared with the traditional genetic algorithm.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
He Tian ◽  
Guoqiang Wang ◽  
Kangkang Sun ◽  
Zeren Chen ◽  
Chuliang Yan ◽  
...  

Dynamic unbalance force is an important factor affecting the service life of scrap metal shredders (SMSs) as the product of mass error. Due to the complexity of hammerheads arrangement, it is difficult to take all the parts of the hammerhead into account in the traditional methods. A novel optimization algorithm combining genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm is proposed to improve the dynamic balance of scrap metal shredders. The optimization of hammerheads and fenders on SMS in this paper is considered as a multiple traveling salesman problem (MTSP), which is a kind of NP-hard problem. To solve this problem, an improved genetic algorithm (IGA) combined with the global optimization characteristics of genetic algorithm (GA) and the local optimal solution of simulated annealing algorithm (SA) is proposed in this paper, which adopts SA in the process of selecting subpopulations. The optimization results show that the resultant force of the shredder central shaft by using IGA is less than the traditional metaheuristic algorithm, which greatly improves the dynamic balance of the SMS. Validated via ADAMS simulation, the results are in good agreement with the theoretical optimization analysis.


Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 853
Author(s):  
Sichen Xiao ◽  
Xiaojun Tan ◽  
Jinping Wang

With the extensive application of 3D maps, acquiring high-quality images with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for precise 3D reconstruction has become a prominent topic of study. In this research, we proposed a coverage path planning method for UAVs to achieve full coverage of a target area and to collect high-resolution images while considering the overlap ratio of the collected images and energy consumption of clustered UAVs. The overlap ratio of the collected image set is guaranteed through a map decomposition method, which can ensure that the reconstruction results will not get affected by model breaking. In consideration of the small battery capacity of common commercial quadrotor UAVs, ray-scan-based area division was adopted to segment the target area, and near-optimized paths in subareas were calculated by a simulated annealing algorithm to find near-optimized paths, which can achieve balanced task assignment for UAV formations and minimum energy consumption for each UAV. The proposed system was validated through a site experiment and achieved a reduction in path length of approximately 12.6% compared to the traditional zigzag path.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Kurbatsky ◽  
Denis Sidorov ◽  
Nikita Tomin ◽  
Vadim Spiryaev

The problem of forecasting state variables of electric power system is studied. The paper suggests data-driven adaptive approach based on hybrid-genetic algorithm which combines the advantages of genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm. The proposed method has two stages. At the first stage the input signal is decomposed into orthogonal basis functions based on the Hilbert-Huang transform. The genetic algorithm and simulated annealing algorithm are applied to optimal training of the artificial neural network and support vector machine at the second stage. The results of applying the developed approach for the short-term forecasts of active power flows in the electric networks are presented. The best efficiency of proposed approach is demonstrated on real retrospective data of active power flow forecast using the hybrid-genetic support vector machine algorithm.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (23) ◽  
pp. 2314002
Author(s):  
尤阳 You Yang ◽  
漆云凤 Qi Yunfeng ◽  
沈辉 Shen Hui ◽  
邹星星 Zou Xingxing ◽  
何兵 He Bing ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-931
Author(s):  
Anthony W. Raborn ◽  
Walter L. Leite ◽  
Katerina M. Marcoulides

This study compares automated methods to develop short forms of psychometric scales. Obtaining a short form that has both adequate internal structure and strong validity with respect to relationships with other variables is difficult with traditional methods of short-form development. Metaheuristic algorithms can select items for short forms while optimizing on several validity criteria, such as adequate model fit, composite reliability, and relationship to external variables. Using a Monte Carlo simulation study, this study compared existing implementations of the ant colony optimization, Tabu search, and genetic algorithm to select short forms of scales, as well as a new implementation of the simulated annealing algorithm. Selection of short forms of scales with unidimensional, multidimensional, and bifactor structure were evaluated, with and without model misspecification and/or an external variable. The results showed that when the confirmatory factor analysis model of the full form of the scale was correctly specified or had only minor misspecification, the four algorithms produced short forms with good psychometric qualities that maintained the desired factor structure of the full scale. Major model misspecification resulted in worse performance for all algorithms, but including an external variable only had minor effects on results. The simulated annealing algorithm showed the best overall performance as well as robustness to model misspecification, while the genetic algorithm produced short forms with worse fit than the other algorithms under conditions with model misspecification.


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