约束优化进化算法

约束优化问题是科学和工程应用领域经常会遇到的一类数学规划问题.近年来,约束优化问题求解已成为进化计算研究的一个重要方向.从约束优化进化算法=约束处理技术+进化算法的研究框架出发,从约束处理技术和进化算法两个基本方面对约束优化进化算法的研究及进展进行了综述.此外,对约束优化进化算法中的一些重要问题进行了探讨.最后进行了各种算法的比较性总结,深入分析了目前约束优化进化算法中亟待解决的问题,并指出了值得进一步研究的方向.     

约束优化进化算法综述

约束优化进化算法主要研究如何利用进化计算方法求解约束优化问题,是进化计算领城的一个重要研究课题.约束优化问题求解存在约束区域离散、等式约束、非线性约束等挑战,其问题的本质是如何处理可行解与不可行解的关系才能使得算法更高效.本文首先介绍了约束优化问题的定义,然后系统地分析了目前存在的约束优化方法,同时基于约束处理机制将这些方法分为罚函数法、可行性法则、随机排序法、约束处理法、多目标优化法、混合法六类,并从约束处理方法的方面对约束优化进化算法的最新研究进展进行综述.最后,指出约束优化进化算法需进一步研究的方向与关键问题.     

约束进化算法及其应用研究综述

约束优化问题广泛存在于科学研究和工程实践中,其对应的约束优化进化算法也成为了进化领域的重要研究方向。约束优化进化算法的本质问题是如何有效地利用不可行解和可行解的信息,平衡目标函数和约束条件,使得算法更加高效。首先对约束优化问题进行定义;然后详细分析了目前主流的约束进化算法,同时,基于不同的约束处理机制,将这些机制分为约束和目标分离法、惩罚函数法、多目标优化法、混合法和其他算法,并对这些方法进行了详细的分析和总结;接着指出约束进化算法亟待解决的问题,并明确指出未来需要进一步研究的方向;最后对约束进化算法在工程优化、电子和通信工程、机械设计、环境资源配置、科研领域和管理分配等方面的应用进行了介绍。     

分布式约束优化方法研究进展

多agent系统作为分布式人工智能研究领域的重要分支,已被广泛应用于多个领域中复杂系统的建模.而分布式约束优化作为一种多agent系统求解的关键技术,已成为约束推理研究的热点.首先对其适用性进行分析,并基于对已有算法的研究,总结出采用该方法解决问题的基本流程,在此基础上,从解的质量保证、求解策略等角度对算法进行了完整的分类;其次,根据算法分类结果以及执行机制,对大量经典以及近年来的分布式约束优化算法进行了深入分析,并从通信、求解质量、求解效率等方面对典型算法进行了实验对比;最后,结合分布式约束优化技术的求解优势给出了分布式约束优化问题的实际应用特征,总结了目前存在的一些问题,并对下一步工作进行了展望.     

基于粒子群灰狼混合算法的多目标约束优化问题求解

近年来，多目标优化问题引起了广泛关注，其求解目标多、目标函数复杂，当前方法通常将所有目标加权后求解，但这些方法会造成解集缺乏准确性.针对上述情况，本文首先根据目标分解的框架：辅助目标和等价目标约束优化框架，该框架是将约束优化的问题分解为辅助目标和等价目标相结合的优化问题，同时动态调整所分解出的对应子问题的权值，使分解出的子问题求解趋向于等价目标求解.其次基于粒子群优化算法和灰狼优化算法的各自优势，提出参数自适应的粒子群灰狼混合算法，混合算法的优势集合了粒子群算法的收敛性快和灰狼算法的搜索过程多样性，从而提高粒子进化过程的准确性.通过IEEE CEC2017数据集测试的结果表明：在调参合适的情况下，获得的函数最优值个数多于乌鸦搜索、受约束的模拟退火、带约束的水循环等经典算法，在10D情况下，28个测试函数中11个测试函数表现最佳；在30D的情况下，12个测试函数表现最佳.     

基于参考向量的自适应约束多目标进化算法

针对目前用多目标进化算法(MOEA)处理约束多目标优化问题(CMOP)的研究通常以解决单一类型约束为主,而在面对不同种类的复杂约束时算法难以收敛或者种群分布性差的问题,以基于分解的多目标进化算法(MOEA/D)框架为基础,提出一种基于参考向量的自适应约束多目标进化算法(ARVCMOEA).首先将参考向量分成主参考向量及...     

动态罚函数法求解约束优化问题

针对罚函数法在求解约束优化问题时罚系数不易选取的问题,提出一种基于动态罚函数的差分进化算法.利用罚函数法将约束优化问题转化为无约束优化问题.为平衡种群的目标函数和约束违反程度,结合ε约束法设计了一种动态罚系数策略,其中罚系数随着种群质量和进化代数的改变而改变.采用差分进化算法更新种群直到搜索到最优解.对IEEE CEC...     

多变异策略融合的约束优化问题求解算法

在约束优化问题中,多目标方法是一种约束处理技术,但这种方法易产生高额计算成本以及难以兼顾多样性和收敛性等问题.融合多种差分进化算法的变异策略,提出了一种多变异策略融合的差分多目标进化算法,用于约束优化问题求解.该算法引入改进的贪婪变异搜索策略,构建自适应变异因子控制变异算子的贪婪性和扰动性;基于切比雪夫距离进行变异策略的切换.该方法可提高算法收敛速度和求解质量,最终达到降低计算成本和兼顾多样性和收敛性的目的.与多种优秀算法相比,改进算法整体上具有更好的收敛速度、收敛精度以及处理不同复杂程度问题的能力.     

约束多目标进化算法研究进展

约束多目标进化算法（CMOEAs）能够同时处理多个相互冲突的目标函数和约束条件,引导种群逼向可行域的最优解,受到了研究者的广泛重视。首先介绍了约束多目标优化问题（CMOPs）的相关定义和多目标进化算法（MOEAs）的三种分类;其次,系统地分析了当前CMOEAs中约束处理机制,凝练出当前主要的四种约束处理方法;然后,从基于支配、基于指标、基于分解三个方面对CMOEAs的研究进展进行了详细综述;最后,指明了CMOEAs存在的挑战和未来研究方向。     

求解约束优化问题的新型帝国竞争算法

针对约束优化问题,提出一种约束处理的新策略,运用字典序方法同时优化问题的目标函数和约束违背程度,设计一种新型帝国竞争算法.该算法给出成本和归一化成本的新定义,以避免殖民国家势力为零,并应用嵌入殖民地间全局搜索的同化、基于优秀殖民地的革命、殖民国家的差分进化和新型帝国竞争等策略提高求解质量.基于两组约束优化标准测试函数的实验结果和算法对比表明,结合字典序方法的新型帝国竞争算法在约束优化问题的求解方面具有较强的优势.     

Evolutionary algorithms for constrained engineering problems

Evolutionary computation techniques have been receiving increasing attention regarding their potential as optimization techniques for complex problems. Recently these techniques were applied in the area of industrial engineering; the most-known applications include scheduling and sequencing in manufacturing systems, computer-aided design, facility layout and location problems, distribution and transportation problems, and many others. Industrial engineering problems usually are quite hard to solve due to a high complexity of the objective functions and a significant number of problem-specific constraints; often an algorithm to solve such problems requires incorporation of some heuristic methods. In this paper we concentrate on constraint handling heuristics for evolutionary computation techniques. This general discussion is followed by three test case studies: truss structure optimization problem, design of a composite laminated plate, and the unit commitment problem. These are typical highly constrained engineering problems and the methods discussed here are directly transferrable to industrial engineering problems.     

A survey on evolutionary computation for complex continuous optimization

Complex continuous optimization problems widely exist nowadays due to the fast development of the economy and society. Moreover, the technologies like Internet of things, cloud computing, and big data also make optimization problems with more challenges including Many-dimensions, Many-changes, Many-optima, Many-constraints, and Many-costs. We term these as 5-M challenges that exist in large-scale optimization problems, dynamic optimization problems, multi-modal optimization problems, multi-objective optimization problems, many-objective optimization problems, constrained optimization problems, and expensive optimization problems in practical applications. The evolutionary computation (EC) algorithms are a kind of promising global optimization tools that have not only been widely applied for solving traditional optimization problems, but also have emerged booming research for solving the above-mentioned complex continuous optimization problems in recent years. In order to show how EC algorithms are promising and efficient in dealing with the 5-M complex challenges, this paper presents a comprehensive survey by proposing a novel taxonomy according to the function of the approaches, including reducing problem difficulty, increasing algorithm diversity, accelerating convergence speed, reducing running time, and extending application field. Moreover, some future research directions on using EC algorithms to solve complex continuous optimization problems are proposed and discussed. We believe that such a survey can draw attention, raise discussions, and inspire new ideas of EC research into complex continuous optimization problems and real-world applications.

     

基于混合杂交与间歇变异的约束优化演化算法

In solving constrained optimization problems with genetic algorithms, more emphases are laid on handling constraints than increasing the search capability of algorithms, which often leed to unsatisfied results as reported inmost literatures. This paper proposes a new evolutionary algorithm for constrained optimization, emphasizing moreon increasing the search capability of the algorithm by means of hybrid crossovers and intermittent mutation while adopting a simple constraint handling technique called direct comparison. Numerical experiments and comparisons show the ettectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

Uniform adaptive scaling of equality and inequality constraints within hybrid evolutionary-cum-classical optimization

The holy grail of constrained optimization is the development of an efficient, scale invariant and generic constraint handling procedure. To address these, the present paper proposes a unified approach of constraint handling, which is capable of handling all inequality, equality and hybrid constraints in a coherent manner. The proposed method also automatically resolves the issue of constraint scaling which is critical in real world and engineering optimization problems. The proposed unified approach converts the single-objective constrained optimization problem into a multi-objective problem. Evolutionary multi-objective optimization is used to solve the modified bi-objective problem and to estimate the penalty parameter automatically. The constrained optimum is further improved using classical optimization. The efficiency of the proposed method is validated on a set of well-studied constrained test problems and compared against without using normalization technique to show the necessity of normalization. The results establish the importance of scaling , especially in constrained optimization and call for further investigation into its use in constrained optimization research.     

An efficient multiobjective differential evolution algorithm for engineering design

Solving engineering design and resources optimization via multiobjective evolutionary algorithms (MOEAs) has attracted much attention in the last few years. In this paper, an efficient multiobjective differential evolution algorithm is presented for engineering design. Our proposed approach adopts the orthogonal design method with quantization technique to generate the initial archive and evolutionary population. An archive (or secondary population) is employed to keep the nondominated solutions found and it is updated by a new relaxed form of Pareto dominance, called Pareto-adaptive ϵ-dominance (paϵ-dominance), at each generation. In addition, in order to guarantee to be the best performance produced, we propose a new hybrid selection mechanism to allow the archive solutions to take part in the generating process. To handle the constraints, a new constraint-handling method is employed, which does not need any parameters to be tuned for constraint handling. The proposed approach is tested on seven benchmark constrained problems to illustrate the capabilities of the algorithm in handling mathematically complex problems. Furthermore, four well-studied engineering design optimization problems are solved to illustrate the efficiency and applicability of the algorithm for multiobjective design optimization. Compared with Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, one of the best MOEAs available at present, the results demonstrate that our approach is found to be statistically competitive. Moreover, the proposed approach is very efficient and is capable of yielding a wide spread of solutions with good coverage and convergence to true Pareto-optimal fronts.     

Artificial bee colony algorithm for large-scale problems and engineering design optimization

Engineering design problems are generally large scale or nonlinear or constrained optimization problems. The Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is a successful tool for optimizing unconstrained problems. In this work, the ABC algorithm is used to solve large scale optimization problems, and it is applied to engineering design problems by extending the basic ABC algorithm simply by adding a constraint handling technique into the selection step of the ABC algorithm in order to prefer the feasible regions of entire search space. Nine well-known large scale unconstrained test problems and five well-known constrained engineering problems are solved by using the ABC algorithm and the performance of ABC algorithm is compared against those of state-of-the-art algorithms.     

A parallel boundary search particle swarm optimization algorithm for constrained optimization problems

During the past decade, considerable research has been conducted on constrained optimization problems (COPs) which are frequently encountered in practical engineering applications. By introducing resource limitations as constraints, the optimal solutions in COPs are generally located on boundaries of feasible design space, which leads to search difficulties when applying conventional optimization algorithms, especially for complex constraint problems. Even though penalty function method has been frequently used for handling the constraints, the adjustment of control parameters is often complicated and involves a trial-and-error approach. To overcome these difficulties, a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm named parallel boundary search particle swarm optimization (PBSPSO) algorithm is proposed in this paper. Modified constrained PSO algorithm is adopted to conduct global search in one branch while Subset Constrained Boundary Narrower (SCBN) function and sequential quadratic programming (SQP) are applied to perform local boundary search in another branch. A cooperative mechanism of the two branches has been built in which locations of the particles near boundaries of constraints are selected as initial positions of local boundary search and the solutions of local boundary search will lead the global search direction to boundaries of active constraints. The cooperation behavior of the two branches effectively reinforces the optimization capability of the PSO algorithm. The optimization performance of PBSPSO algorithm is illustrated through 13 CEC06 test functions and 5 common engineering problems. The results are compared with other state-of-the-art algorithms and it is shown that the proposed algorithm possesses a competitive global search capability and is effective for constrained optimization problems in engineering applications.     

A new algorithm inspired in the behavior of the social-spider for constrained optimization

During the past decade, solving constrained optimization problems with swarm algorithms has received considerable attention among researchers and practitioners. In this paper, a novel swarm algorithm called the Social Spider Optimization (SSO-C) is proposed for solving constrained optimization tasks. The SSO-C algorithm is based on the simulation of cooperative behavior of social-spiders. In the proposed algorithm, individuals emulate a group of spiders which interact to each other based on the biological laws of the cooperative colony. The algorithm considers two different search agents (spiders): males and females. Depending on gender, each individual is conducted by a set of different evolutionary operators which mimic different cooperative behaviors that are typically found in the colony. For constraint handling, the proposed algorithm incorporates the combination of two different paradigms in order to direct the search towards feasible regions of the search space. In particular, it has been added: (1) a penalty function which introduces a tendency term into the original objective function to penalize constraint violations in order to solve a constrained problem as an unconstrained one; (2) a feasibility criterion to bias the generation of new individuals toward feasible regions increasing also their probability of getting better solutions. In order to illustrate the proficiency and robustness of the proposed approach, it is compared to other well-known evolutionary methods. Simulation and comparisons based on several well-studied benchmarks functions and real-world engineering problems demonstrate the effectiveness, efficiency and stability of the proposed method.