Weighted differential evolution algorithm for numerical function optimization: a comparative study with cuckoo search, artificial bee colony, adaptive differential evolution, and backtracking search optimization algorithms

Civicioglu P., BEŞDOK E., GÜNEN M. A., ATASEVER Ü. H.

NEURAL COMPUTING & APPLICATIONS, cilt.32, sa.8, ss.3923-3937, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00521-018-3822-5
  • Dergi Adı: NEURAL COMPUTING & APPLICATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Applied Science & Technology Source, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, Index Islamicus, INSPEC, zbMATH
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3923-3937
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cuckoo search algorithm, Artificial bee colony algorithm, Differential evolution algorithm, Backtracking search optimization, Particle swarm optimization, PARTICLE SWARM, ROBUST ESTIMATION, DESIGN
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, weighted differential evolution algorithm (WDE) has been proposed for solving real-valued numerical optimization problems. When all parameters of WDE are determined randomly, in practice, WDE has no control parameter but the pattern size. WDE can solve unimodal, multimodal, separable, scalable, and hybrid problems. WDE has a very fast and quite simple structure, in addition, it can be parallelized due to its non-recursive nature. WDE has a strong exploration and exploitation capability. In this paper, WDE's success in solving CEC' 2013 problems was compared to 4 different EAs (i.e., CS, ABC, JADE, and BSA) statistically. One 3D geometric optimization problem (i.e., GPS network adjustment problem) and 4 constrained engineering design problems were used to examine the WDE's ability to solve real-world problems. Results obtained from the performed tests showed that, in general, problem-solving success of WDE is statistically better than the comparison algorithms that have been used in this paper.