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The penalization method is a popular technique to provide particle swarm optimizers with the ability to handle constraints. The downside is the need of penalization coefficients whose settings are problem-specific. While adaptive…
The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) is a prominent variational algorithm for solving combinatorial optimization problems such as the Max Cut problem. A key challenge in QAOA is the efficient identification of variational…
We study techniques for solving the Maximum Satisfiability problem (MaxSAT). Our focus is on variables of degree 4. We identify cases for degree-4 variables and show how the resolution principle and the kernelization techniques can be…
The PSO-X framework incorporates dozens of modules that have been proposed for solving single-objective continuous optimization problems using particle swarm optimization. While modular frameworks enable users to automatically generate and…
Solving non-convex minimization problems using multi-particle metaheuristic derivative-free optimization methods is still an active area of research. Popular methods are Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) methods, that iteratively update a…
Incomplete MaxSAT solving aims to quickly find a solution that attempts to minimize the sum of the weights of the unsatisfied soft clauses without providing any optimality guarantees. In this paper, we propose two approximation strategies…
Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) frequently suffers from premature convergence. This paper introduces a family of problem-informed diversity-enhancing strategies that manipulate the swarm's social and cognitive components. These include…
This paper presents a powerful swarm intelligence meta-heuristic optimization algorithm called Dynamic Cat Swarm Optimization. The formulation is through modifying the existing Cat Swarm Optimization. The original Cat Swarm Optimization…
In this paper, based on the Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm, we evolve the algorithm to optimize a multiobjective optimization problem, namely the Cobb Douglas Habitability function which is based on CES production…
Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) is a powerful optimisation algorithm that can be used to locate global maxima in a search space. Recent interest in swarms of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) begs the question as to whether PSO can be used as…
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a widely used nature-inspired meta-heuristic for solving continuous optimization problems. However, when running the PSO algorithm, one encounters the phenomenon of so-called stagnation, that means in…
Swarm intelligence effectively optimizes complex systems across fields like engineering and healthcare, yet algorithm solutions often suffer from low reliability due to unclear configurations and hyperparameters. This study analyzes…
Traditional methods present a very restrictive range of applications, mainly limited by the features of the function to be optimized and of the constraint functions. In contrast, evolutionary algorithms present almost no restriction to the…
In transportation planning and development, transport network design problem seeks to optimize specific objectives (e.g. total travel time) through choosing among a given set of projects while keeping consumption of resources (e.g. budget)…
Metaheuristic particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm has emerged as one of the most promising optimization techniques in solving highly constrained non-linear and non-convex optimization problems in different areas of electrical…
In this paper, we investigate the downlink multiple-input-multipleoutput (MIMO) broadcast channels in which a base transceiver station (BTS) broadcasts multiple data streams to K MIMO mobile stations (MSs) simultaneously. In order to…
This paper presents a method for choosing a Particle Swarm Optimization based optimizer for the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem on the basis of the initially available data of a given problem instance. The optimization algorithm is chosen…
The Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) algorithm has undergone countless modifications and adaptations since its original formulation in 1995. Some of these have become mainstream whereas many others have not been adopted and faded away.…
Feature selection is the process of identifying statistically most relevant features to improve the predictive capabilities of the classifiers. To find the best features subsets, the population based approaches like Particle Swarm…
Nature-inspired swarm-based algorithms have been widely applied to tackle high-dimensional and complex optimization problems across many disciplines. They are general purpose optimization algorithms, easy to use and implement, flexible and…