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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
computer science
Constrained optimization based on modified differential evolution algorithm
Information Sciences, Volume 194, Year 2012
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This paper presents a novel Constrained Optimization based on Modified Differential Evolution algorithm (COMDE). In the new algorithm, a new directed mutation rule, based on the weighted difference vector between the best and the worst individuals at a particular generation, is introduced. The new directed mutation rule is combined with the modified basic mutation strategy DE/rand/1/bin, where only one of the two mutation rules is applied with the probability of 0.5. The proposed mutation rule is shown to enhance the local search ability of the basic Differential Evolution (DE) and to get a better trade-off between convergence rate and robustness. Two new scaling factors are introduced as uniform random variables to improve the diversity of the population and to bias the search direction. Additionally, a dynamic non-linear increased crossover probability is utilized to balance the global exploration and local exploitation. COMDE also includes a modified constraint handling technique based on feasibility and the sum of constraints violations. A new dynamic tolerance technique to handle equality constraints is also adopted. The effectiveness and benefits of the new directed mutation strategy and modified basic strategy used in COMDE has been experimentally investigated. The effect of the parameters of the crossover probability function and the parameters of the dynamic tolerance equation on the performance of COMDE have been analyzed and evaluated by different experiments. Numerical experiments on 13 well-known benchmark test functions and five engineering design problems have shown that the new approach is efficient, effective and robust. The comparison results between the COMDE and the other 28 state-of-the-art evolutionary algorithms indicate that the proposed COMDE algorithm is competitive with, and in some cases superior to, other existing algorithms in terms of the quality, efficiency, convergence rate, and robustness of the final solution. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Wagdy Mohamed, Ali Wagdy
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Egypt, Giza
Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research
Zaher, Hegazy
Egypt, Giza
Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research
Statistics
Citations: 193
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
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Doi:
10.1016/j.ins.2012.01.008
ISSN:
00200255
Research Areas
Cancer
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study