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The problem of interest is the minimization of a nonlinear function subject to nonlinear equality constraints using a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method. The minimization must be performed while observing only noisy evaluations…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Figen Oztoprak , Richard Byrd , Jorge Nocedal

Stochastic convex optimization problems with nonlinear functional constraints are ubiquitous in signal processing applications including constrained least-squares, set-membership adaptive filtering, and trajectory optimization under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Panchajanya Sanyal , Srujan Teja Thomdapu , Ketan Rajawat

Premature convergence in particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm usually leads to gaining local optimum and preventing from surveying those regions of solution space which have optimal points in. In this paper, by applying special…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Anvar Bahrampour , Omid Mohamad Nezami

We provide brief notes on a particle swarm-optimisation approach to constraining the properties of a stochastic gravitational-wave background in the first International Pulsar Timing Array data-challenge. The technique employs many…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-15 Stephen R. Taylor , Jonathan R. Gair , L. Lentati

We reconsider stochastic convergence analyses of particle swarm optimisation, and point out that previously obtained parameter conditions are not always sufficient to guarantee mean square convergence to a local optimum. We show that…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2011-05-30 Per Kristian Lehre , Carsten Witt

Dynamic optimization problems (DOPs) are challenging due to their changing conditions. This requires algorithms to be highly adaptable and efficient in terms of finding rapidly new optimal solutions under changing conditions. Traditional…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Federico Signorelli , Anil Yaman

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a well-known optimization algorithm that shows good performance in solving different optimization problems. However, PSO usually suffers from slow convergence. In this article, a reinforcement…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Yin ShiYuan

Applying local search algorithms to combinatorial optimization problems is not an easy feat. Typically, human intervention is required to compile the constraints to input data for some metaheuristic algorithm. In this paper, we establish a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Jo Devriendt , Patrick De Causmaecker , Marc Denecker

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…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-17 Michał Okulewicz , Jacek Mańdziuk

Sequential quadratic optimization algorithms are proposed for solving smooth nonlinear optimization problems with equality constraints. The main focus is an algorithm proposed for the case when the constraint functions are deterministic,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-22 Albert Berahas , Frank E. Curtis , Daniel P. Robinson , Baoyu Zhou

Constrained Optimum Path (COP) problems appear in many real-life applications, especially on communication networks. Some of these problems have been considered and solved by specific techniques which are usually difficult to extend. In…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2009-10-08 Quang Dung Pham , Yves Deville , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Evolutionary optimization algorithms, including particle swarm optimization (PSO), have been successfully applied in oil industry for production planning and control. Such optimization studies are quite challenging due to large number of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Ajitabh Kumar

This paper preliminarily investigates the duality between flow matching in generative models and particle swarm optimization (PSO) in evolutionary computation. Through theoretical analysis, we reveal the intrinsic connections between these…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Kaichen Ouyang

Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs (QCQPs) are an important class of optimization problems with diverse real-world applications. In this work, we propose a variational quantum algorithm for general QCQPs. By encoding the variables…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 Hongyi Zhou , Sirui Peng , Qian Li , Xiaoming Sun

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 Arun John , Anish Murthy

Metaheuristic algorithms are powerful tools for global optimization, particularly for non-convex and non-differentiable problems where exact methods are often impractical. Particle-based optimization methods, inspired by swarm intelligence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Giacomo Borghi , Hyesung Im , Lorenzo Pareschi

In this paper we discuss Grover Adaptive Search (GAS) for Constrained Polynomial Binary Optimization (CPBO) problems, and in particular, Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problems, as a special case. GAS can provide a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Austin Gilliam , Stefan Woerner , Constantin Gonciulea

In swarm intelligence, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Differential Evolution (DE) have been successfully applied in many optimization tasks, and a large number of variants, where novel algorithm operators or components are…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Rick Boks , Hao Wang , Thomas Bäck

The dynamic of real-world optimization problems raises new challenges to the traditional particle swarm optimization (PSO). Responding to these challenges, the dynamic optimization has received considerable attention over the past decade.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Ahlem Aboud , Raja Fdhila , Adel M. Alimi

We study the variant of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) that applies random velocities in a dimension instead of the regular velocity update equations as soon as the so-called potential of the swarm falls below a certain bound in this…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Bernd Bassimir , Manuel Schmitt , Rolf Wanka