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The advantages of evolutionary algorithms with respect to traditional methods have been greatly discussed in the literature. While particle swarm optimizers share such advantages, they outperform evolutionary algorithms in that they require…
This paper extends boolean particle swarm optimization to a multi-objective setting, to our knowledge for the first time in the literature. Our proposed new boolean algorithm, MBOnvPSO, is notably simplified by the omission of a velocity…
Current strategies employed for maritime target search and tracking are primarily based on the use of agents following a predetermined path to perform a systematic sweep of a search area. Recently, dynamic Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)…
Subset selection is an important component in evolutionary multiobjective optimization (EMO) algorithms. Clustering, as a classic method to group similar data points together, has been used for subset selection in some fields. However,…
Convolutional auto-encoders have shown their remarkable performance in stacking to deep convolutional neural networks for classifying image data during past several years. However, they are unable to construct the state-of-the-art…
The analysis of vast amounts of data constitutes a major challenge in modern high energy physics experiments. Machine learning (ML) methods, typically trained on simulated data, are often employed to facilitate this task. Several choices…
Combinatorial interaction testing is an important software testing technique that has seen lots of recent interest. It can reduce the number of test cases needed by considering interactions between combinations of input parameters.…
A new approach to the solution of Economic Dispatch using Particle Swarm Optimization is presented. It is the progression of allocating production amongst the dedicated units such that the restriction forced are fulfilled and the power…
This work presents a comparative evaluation of four population-based optimization algorithms for workflow scheduling in cloud-fog environments. These algorithms are as follows: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA),…
Cellular manufacturing (CM) is an approach that includes both flexibility of job shops and high production rate of flow lines. Although CM provides many benefits in reducing throughput times, setup times, work-in-process inventories but the…
Generality is one of the main advantages of heuristic algorithms, as such, multiple parameters are exposed to the user with the objective of allowing them to shape the algorithms to their specific needs. Parameter selection, therefore,…
This paper presents a novel algorithm for a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to search for an unknown source. The proposed method is inspired by the well-known PSO algorithm and is called acceleration-based particle swarm…
This paper presents a multi-objective version of the Cat Swarm Optimization Algorithm called the Grid-based Multi-objective Cat Swarm Optimization Algorithm (GMOCSO). Convergence and diversity preservation are the two main goals pursued by…
The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is developed for solving the Schaffer F6 function in fewer than 4000 function evaluations on a total of 30 runs. Four variations of the Full Model of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)…
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…
Trilateration-based localization (TBL) has become a corner stone of modern technology. This study formulates the concern on how wireless sensor networks can take advantage of the computational intelligent techniques using both single- and…
This paper proposes a simple, automatic and efficient clustering algorithm, namely, Automatic Merging for Optimal Clusters (AMOC) which aims to generate nearly optimal clusters for the given datasets automatically. The AMOC is an extension…
As one of the most prominent swarm intelligence algorithms, particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been extensively applied to solve global optimization problems. The theoretical analysis on the ability of PSO to escape from local optimum…