生物地理学优化算法理论及其应用研究综述

生物地理学优化算法（Biogeography-Based Optimization,BBO）是Simon提出的一种基于生物地理学理论的新型智能优化算法,具有良好的收敛性和稳定性。从BBO算法提出的背景出发,介绍了算法的基本理论、算法特点以及算法流程。总结了BBO算法的研究进展,包括BBO算法的理论分析、算法的改进、算法与其他优化算法的混合算法以及BBO算法在函数优化、电力系统、图像处理、机器人路径规划以及调度优化等领域的典型应用。对BBO算法有待解决的问题和未来研究方向进行了总结。     

生物地理学优化算法综述

生物地理学(Biogeography)是一门研究自然界种群迁移机制的科学,Dan Simon用生物地理学的方法和机制来解决工程优化问题,提出了生物地理学优化算法(BBO,Biogeography-Based Optimization).生物地理学优化算法以其独特的搜索机制和较好的性能在智能优化算法领域得到了广泛的关注.对生物地理学优化算法的设计原理、迁徙模型、算法流程及相应迁移和突变操作进行了综述.通过BBO算法在14个基准函数下与传统算法,如遗传算法、蚁群算法和粒子群等优化算法的性能比较,表明生物地理学优化算法是有效的.论述了算法与传统优化算法之间的差异以及BBO算法有待解决的问题.     

基于微分进化的混合生物地理学约束优化算法

针对生物地理学优化算法（biogeography based optimization ,BBO）容易陷入局部最优解的缺点,提出一种基于微分进化（differential evolution ,DE）改进BBO算法的混合生物地理学（BBO‐DE）优化算法。通过有机结合BBO算法的利用能力和DE算法的搜索能力,实现利用能力与搜索能力的平衡;引入基于可行性的约束处理机制,解决传统BBO算法无法求解约束优化的问题。通过选定的8个标准测试函数对改进算法进行仿真测试,测试结果验证了改进算法的可行性和有效性,与基本BBO和DE算法相比,其在最终解的质量和收敛速度上具有明显优势。     

基于生物地理学优化的多UCAV协同航迹规划

研究多无人机协同路径规划问题,为了获取从起始点到达目标点,能够避开各种阻碍的最优运动路径,提出了一种基于BBO的多UCAV协同航迹规划方法.通过对地形环境、航迹表示方式进行描述,将生物地理学优化算法运用于多UCAV协同航迹规划,对约束条件及威胁进行分析,建立了UCAV航迹规划模型及多UCAV协同航迹规划模型;对BBO算法适宜度向量编码及迁徙模型进行了分析,设计了相应的优化算子;最后,构建了多UCAV协同航迹规划的求解框架,并结合BBO算法开展了相应的仿真.仿真结果表明,改进方法较好地实现了多UCAV协同航迹规划的优化.     

基于人工萤火虫局部决策域的改进生物地理学优化算法

针对生物地理学优化（BBO）算法搜索能力不足的缺点,提出基于萤火虫算法局部决策域策略的改进迁移操作来提算法的全局寻优能力。改进的迁移操作能够在考虑不同栖息地各自的迁入率与迁出率的基础上,进一步利用栖息地之间的相互影响关系。将改进算法应用于12个典型的函数优化问题来测试改进生物地理学优化算法的性能,验证了改进算法的有效性。与BBO、改进BBO（IBBO）、基于差分进化的BBO（DE/BBO）算法的实验结果表明,改进算法提高了算法的全局搜索能力、收敛速度和解的精度。     

生物地理学优化算法中迁移算子的比较

生物地理学优化算法(Biogeography-Based Optimization,BBO)是一种模仿物种迁移规律的智能优化算法,其中迁移算子是影响优化效果的关键环节.基于迁移地的选择模式(以迁出率高的栖息地为主导或者以迁入率高的栖息地为主导)和迁移量的规模(单变量和部分变量),提出了BBO算法中可能存在的四种迁移方式.通过对13个经典实例的实验仿真,比较4种迁移算子的优化结果,阐明了产生差异的原因.实验结果表明,迁入主导的部分迁移式算子优化效果最好.     

混合迁移的高效BBO算法及其在图像分割中的应用

针对高维多阈值分割由于维数增加带来的优化难度加大的问题以及标准生物地理学优化(biogeography-based optimization,BBO)算法效率不高的问题,提出了一种用于高维OTSU多阈值分割的高效生物地理学优化(efficient BBO,EBBO)算法。首先构建新型随机扰动变异算子,然后将此变异算子融合到启发式迁移算子中形成一种高性能的混合迁移算子,去掉了计算变异概率和设置变异参数等环节,以便提高算法的效率;其次将基于迁出率的赌轮选择方式改成无需迁出率的榜样学习选择方案,并将迁入率的多次计算变成一次计算,进一步提高算法的效率;然后将BBO算法中的精英保留方案换成贪婪选择方法,以加快算法的收敛速度;最后将这种EBBO算法应用到高维OTSU多阈值分割中。实验结果表明,与当前的EBO算法、BDE算法、MKTO算法以及BBO算法相比,EBBO算法在高维多阈值分割中不仅有更好的优化性能和更快的运行速度,而且减少了参数设置。     

一种改进的生物地理学优化算法

生物地理学优化算法（BBO）作为一种新型的智能算法,在其提出不到十年的时间内受到学界的广泛关注和研究,并显示出了广阔的应用前景。为了提高算法的优化性能,对BBO算法提出一种改进,该算法在将差分优化算法（DE）中的局部搜索策略同BBO算法中的迁移策略相结合的基础上,针对迁移算子和变异算子分别进行改进,提出了二重迁移算子和二重变异算子,使得栖息地个体在进化过程中得到更高的进化概率,从而使得算法的寻优能力得到进一步提升。通过6个高维函数的测试,结果表明该算法在优化高维优化问题时,较其他几种生物地理学优化算法具有更好的收敛性和稳定性。     

改进迁移算子的BBO算法及其在PID参数中的优化

针对生物地理学优化（BBO）算法寻优过程中易陷入搜索动力不足、收敛精度不高等问题,提出一种基于改进迁移算子的生物地理学优化算法（IMO-BBO）。在BBO算法基础上,结合“优胜劣汰”的进化思想,将迁移距离作为影响因素对迁移算子进行改进,并用差分策略将不适宜迁移的个体进行替换,以增加算法的局部探索能力。同时为丰富物种的多样性,引入多种群概念。利用IMO-BBO算法分别对13个基准测试函数进行测试,与基于协方差迁移算子和混合差分策略的BBO （CMM-DE/BBO）算法和BBO算法相比,改进算法提高了对全局最优解的搜索能力,在收敛速度和精确度上也都有显著提高;将IMO-BBO算法应用到PID参数整定中,仿真结果表明,所提算法优化后的控制器具有更快的响应速度和更稳定的精度。     

基于改进BBO算法的分数阶PID控制器设计

针对分数阶PID(Fractional-Order Proportional-Integral-Derivative,FOPID)控制器参数整定,提出了一种改进生物地理学优化(Biogeography-Based Optimization,BBO)算法。该算法改进点主要包括:迁移操作中保留精英个体;变异操作中引入差分进化(Dtferential Evolution,ED)算法的变异策略;消除重复样本。仿真结果表明:在分数阶PID控制器参数整定中,与原始的BBO算法、遗传算法(Genetic Algorithm,GA)和粒子群算法(Particle Swarm Optimization,PSO)比较,提出的改进BBO算法具有超调量小、误差小,收敛更快的特点。     

A hybrid biogeography-based optimization algorithm for job shop scheduling problem

In this paper, a hybrid biogeography-based optimization (HBBO) algorithm has been proposed for the job-shop scheduling problem (JSP). Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is a new bio-inpired computation method that is based on the science of biogeography. The BBO algorithm searches for the global optimum mainly through two main steps: migration and mutation. As JSP is one of the most difficult combinational optimization problems, the original BBO algorithm cannot handle it very well, especially for instances with larger size. The proposed HBBO algorithm combines the chaos theory and “searching around the optimum” strategy with the basic BBO, which makes it converge to global optimum solution faster and more stably. Series of comparative experiments with particle swarm optimization (PSO), basic BBO, the CPLEX and 14 other competitive algorithms are conducted, and the results show that our proposed HBBO algorithm outperforms the other state-of-the-art algorithms, such as genetic algorithm (GA), simulated annealing (SA), the PSO and the basic BBO.     

Blended biogeography-based optimization for constrained optimization

Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is a new evolutionary optimization method that is based on the science of biogeography. We propose two extensions to BBO. First, we propose a blended migration operator. Benchmark results show that blended BBO outperforms standard BBO. Second, we employ blended BBO to solve constrained optimization problems. Constraints are handled by modifying the BBO immigration and emigration procedures. The approach that we use does not require any additional tuning parameters beyond those that are required for unconstrained problems. The constrained blended BBO algorithm is compared with solutions based on a stud genetic algorithm (SGA) and standard particle swarm optimization 2007 (SPSO 07). The numerical results demonstrate that constrained blended BBO outperforms SGA and performs similarly to SPSO 07 for constrained single-objective optimization problems.     

Two-stage update biogeography-based optimization using differential evolution algorithm (DBBO)

The present paper proposes a new stochastic optimization algorithm as a hybridization of a relatively recent stochastic optimization algorithm, called biogeography-based optimization (BBO) with the differential evolution (DE) algorithm. This combination incorporates DE algorithm into the optimization procedure of BBO with an attempt to incorporate diversity to overcome stagnation at local optima. We also propose to implement an additional selection procedure for BBO, which preserves fitter habitats for subsequent generations. The proposed variation of BBO, named DBBO, is tested for several benchmark function optimization problems. The results show that DBBO can significantly outperform the basic BBO algorithm and can mostly emerge as the best solution providing algorithm among competing BBO and DE algorithms.     

On the equivalences and differences of evolutionary algorithms

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are fast and robust computation methods for global optimization, and have been widely used in many real-world applications. We first conceptually discuss the equivalences of various popular EAs including genetic algorithm (GA), biogeography-based optimization (BBO), differential evolution (DE), evolution strategy (ES) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). We find that the basic versions of BBO, DE, ES and PSO are equal to the GA with global uniform recombination (GA/GUR) under certain conditions. Then we discuss their differences based on biological motivations and implementation details, and point out that their distinctions enhance the diversity of EA research and applications. To further study the characteristics of various EAs, we compare the basic versions and advanced versions of GA, BBO, DE, ES and PSO to explore their optimization ability on a set of real-world continuous optimization problems. Empirical results show that among the basic versions of the algorithms, BBO performs best on the benchmarks that we studied. Among the advanced versions of the algorithms, DE and ES perform best on the benchmarks that we studied. However, our main conclusion is that the conceptual equivalence of the algorithms is supported by the fact that algorithmic modifications result in very different performance levels.     

布谷鸟搜索算法研究及其应用进展

为进一步加强布谷鸟算法的搜寻能力并提升收敛速度,加快对算法的研究与应用进程,综述了布谷鸟算法的原理、研究概况和其他同类群体智能优化算法的比较及发展趋势。首先给出了算法的基本模型和实现步骤;然后重点阐述了基于发现概率和步长控制量、基于自适应步长、基于混沌理论、与其他算法混合、基于种群特征和种群变异、结合优化策略及基于种群多样性等方面的改进方法,总结了算法的主要应用领域及其进展;随后将其与遗传算法、蚁群优化算法、粒子群优化算法及人工蜂群优化算法的优点、缺点及适用性诸方面进行了对比;最后指出了布谷鸟搜索算法尚存在的缺陷并对进一步的研究方向进行了展望。     

An improved biogeography based optimization approach for segmentation of human head CT-scan images employing fuzzy entropy

The present paper proposes the development of a three-level thresholding based image segmentation technique for real images obtained from CT scanning of a human head. The proposed method utilizes maximization of fuzzy entropy to determine the optimal thresholds. The optimization problem is solved by employing a very recently proposed population-based optimization technique, called biogeography based optimization (BBO) technique. In this work we have proposed some improvements over the basic BBO technique to implement nonlinear variation of immigration rate and emigration rate with number of species in a habitat. The proposed improved BBO based algorithm and the basic BBO algorithm are implemented for segmentation of fifteen real CT image slices. The results show that the proposed improved BBO variants could perform better than the basic BBO technique as well as genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) based segmentation of the same images using the principle of maximization of fuzzy entropy.