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This study investigates the influence of several bound constraint handling methods (BCHMs) on the search process specific to Differential Evolution (DE), with a focus on identifying similarities between BCHMs and grouping patterns with…
Evolutionary algorithms have been widely applied for solving dynamic constrained optimization problems (DCOPs) as a common area of research in evolutionary optimization. Current benchmarks proposed for testing these problems in the…
Dynamic constrained optimization problems (DCOPs) have gained researchers attention in recent years because a vast majority of real world problems change over time. There are studies about the effect of constrained handling techniques in…
Metaheuristics are popularly used in various fields, and they have attracted much attention in the scientific and industrial communities. In recent years, the number of new metaheuristic names has been continuously growing. Generally, the…
We argue that results produced by a heuristic optimisation algorithm cannot be considered reproducible unless the algorithm fully specifies what should be done with solutions generated outside the domain, even in the case of simple box…
During the last decades many metaheuristics for global numerical optimization have been proposed. Among them, Basin Hopping is very simple and straightforward to implement, although rarely used outside its original Physical Chemistry…
Differential evolution (DE) generally requires parameter control methods (PCMs) for the scale factor and crossover rate. Although a better understanding of PCMs provides a useful clue to designing an efficient DE, their effectiveness is…
Many Differential Evolution (DE) algorithms with various parameter control methods (PCMs) have been proposed. However, previous studies usually considered PCMs to be an integral component of a complex DE algorithm. Thus the characteristics…
This paper presents the constrained Hybrid Metaheuristic (cHM) algorithm as a general framework for continuous optimisation. Unlike many existing metaheuristics that are tailored to specific function classes or problem domains, cHM is…
Population diversity plays a key role in evolutionary algorithms that enables global exploration and avoids premature convergence. This is especially more crucial in dynamic optimization in which diversity can ensure that the population…
To determine the effectiveness of metaheuristic Differential Evolution optimization strategy for inventory management (IM) in the context of stochastic demand, this empirical study undertakes a thorough investigation. The primary objective…
Constraint violation has been a building block to design evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithms for solving constrained multi-objective optimization problems. However, it is not uncommon that the constraint violation is hardly…
Evolutionary algorithms have been frequently applied to constrained continuous optimisation problems. We carry out feature based comparisons of different types of evolutionary algorithms such as evolution strategies, differential evolution…
Constraints among test parameters often have substantial effects on the performance of test case generation for combinatorial interaction testing. This paper investigates the effectiveness of the use of Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) for…
Deep learning is mainly based on utilizing gradient-based optimization for training Deep Neural Network (DNN) models. Although robust and widely used, gradient-based optimization algorithms are prone to getting stuck in local minima. In…
Among many evolutionary algorithms, differential evolution (DE) has received much attention over the last two decades. DE is a simple yet powerful evolutionary algorithm that has been used successfully to optimize various real-world…
Finding good solutions for Multi-objective Optimization (MOPs) Problems is considered a hard problem, especially when considering MOPs with constraints. Thus, most of the works in the context of MOPs do not explore in-depth how different…
The number of proposed iterative optimization heuristics is growing steadily, and with this growth, there have been many points of discussion within the wider community. One particular criticism that is raised towards many new algorithms is…
Box-constraints limit the domain of decision variables and are common in real-world optimization problems, for example, due to physical, natural or spatial limitations. Consequently, solutions violating a box-constraint may not be…
Different types of evolutionary algorithms have been developed for constrained continuous optimization. We carry out a feature-based analysis of evolved constrained continuous optimization instances to understand the characteristics of…