聚类佳点集交叉的约束优化混合进化算法

提出一种基于聚类佳点集多父代交叉和自适应约束处理技术的混合进化算法用于求解约束优化问题.新算法的主要特点是:在搜索机制方面,利用佳点集方法构造初始化种群,使个体能够均匀地分布在整个搜索空间.然后根据父代个体的相似度将种群个体进行聚类分析,从聚类中随机选择个体进行佳点集多父代交叉操作,利用多个父代个体所携带的信息产生新的具有代表性的子代个体,能够维持和增加种群的多样性.另外,引入局部搜索策略以提高算法局部搜索能力和收敛速度.在约束处理技术上,新算法引入了一个自适应约束处理技术,即根据当前种群中可行解的比例自适应选择不同的个体比较准则.通过15个标准测试函数验证了新算法的有效性.     

多目标优化与自适应惩罚的混合约束优化进化算法

提出一种多目标优化与自适应惩罚函数相结合的方法来处理约束优化问题.首先利用多目标优化方法提取当前群体中的主要信息;然后进一步用自适应惩罚函数选出最有价值的信息.将这种约束处理技术与一种基于群的算法生成器模型相结合,即可得到一种新的约束优化进化算法.选取10个标准测试函数对新算法的性能进行数值实验,结果表明了所提出方法的有效性和较强的稳健性,与其他尖端算法相比得到了相似或更优的结果.     

自适应约束优化混合粒子群算法

提出一种混合粒子群优化算法用于求解约束优化问题。新算法的主要特点是：在搜索机制方面,利用混沌初始化种群以提高初始群体的质量。为了扩大粒子的搜索范围,引入柯西变异算子。利用单形交叉算子对种群进行局部搜索。在约束处理技术方面,根据当前种群中可行解比例自适应地选择不同的个体比较准则。数值实验结果表明了该算法的有效性。     

求解约束优化的一个自适应杂交差分演化算法

结合基于可行性规则的约束处理技术,构造了一个求解约束优化问题的自适应杂交差分演化模拟退火算法。该算法以差分演化算法为基础,用模拟退火策略来增强种群的多样性,用一个基于可行性规则的约束处理技术来处理不等式约束,且自适应化关键控制参数,避开人为控制参数的困难。在标准测试集上的实验结果表明该算法的有效性,与同类算法的比较表明了该算法的优越性。     

Constrained global optimization via a DIRECT-type constraint-handling technique and an adaptive metamodeling strategy

Recent metamodel-based global optimization algorithms are very promising for box-constrained expensive optimization problems. However, few of them can tackle constrained optimization problems. This article presents an improved constrained optimization algorithm, called eDIRECT-C, for expensive constrained optimization problems. In the eDIRECT-C algorithm, we present a novel DIRECT-type constraint-handling technique that separately handles feasible and infeasible cells. This technique has no user-defined parameter and is beneficial for exploring the undetected feasible regions and boundary of feasible regions. We also employ an adaptive metamodeling strategy to build appropriate metamodel types for objective and constraints respectively. This strategy yields more accurate predictions and therefore significantly speeds up the convergence. To assess the performance of eDIRECT-C, we compare it with some state-of-the-art metamodel-based constrained optimization algorithms and the original DIRECT algorithm on 13 benchmark problems and 4 engineering examples. The comparative results imply that the proposed algorithm is very promising for constrained problems in terms of the convergence speed, quality of final solutions and success rate.     

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.     

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.     

A multi-objective differential evolutionary algorithm for constrained multi-objective optimization problems with low feasible ratio

Most current evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO) algorithms perform well on multi-objective optimization problems without constraints, but they encounter difficulties in their ability for constrained multi-objective optimization problems (CMOPs) with low feasible ratio. To tackle this problem, this paper proposes a multi-objective differential evolutionary algorithm named MODE-SaE based on an improved epsilon constraint-handling method. Firstly, MODE-SaE self-adaptively adjusts the epsilon level in line with the maximum and minimum constraint violation values of infeasible individuals. It can prevent epsilon level setting from being unreasonable. Then, the feasible solutions are saved to the external archive and take part in the population evolution by a co-evolution strategy. Finally, MODE-SaE switches the global search and local search by self-switching parameters of search engine to balance the convergence and distribution. With the aim of evaluating the performance of MODE-SaE, a real-world problem with low feasible ratio in decision space and fourteen bench-mark test problems, are used to test MODE-SaE and five other state-of-the-art constrained multi-objective evolution algorithms. The experimental results fully demonstrate the superiority of MODE-SaE on all mentioned test problems, which indicates the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for CMOPs which have low feasible ratio in search space.     

一种改进的多目标约束优化差分进化算法

提出一种新的多目标优化差分进化算法用于求解约束优化问题.该算法利用佳点集方法初始化个体以维持种群的多样性.将约束优化问题转化为两个目标的多目标优化问题.基于Pareto支配关系,将种群分为Pareto子集和Non-Pareto子集,结合差分进化算法两种不同变异策略的特点,对Non-Pareto子集和Pareto子集分别采用DE/best/1变异策略和DE/rand/1变异策略.数值实验结果表明该算法具有较好的寻优效果.     

一种新型的差分演化算法及其应用研究

提出了一种新的基于简单多样性规则的改进差分演化算法,并把它运用于约束全局最优化问题的求解中。新算法的特征是: 1)提出一种新的混合自适应交叉变异算子,以增强算法的搜索能力; 2)采用具有保持群体多样性的约束函数处理技术; 3)简化基本差分演化算法的缩放因子,尽量减少算法的控制参数,方便工程人员的使用。通过对13个标准测试函数进行测试,并与其他演化算法结果进行比较。实验结果表明,新算法在求解精度和稳定性具有很好的性能,而且其函数平均评价次数要低于所比较的其他演化算法。     

结合非固定多段罚函数的约束优化进化算法

利用非固定多段映射罚函数的约束条件,提出一种结合非固定多段罚函数的约束优化进化算法。该算法利用佳点集方法初始化种群,以保证其均匀分布在搜索空间中。在进化过程中,对种群进行单形交叉和多样性变异操作产生新的个体,增加种群的多样性。对6个经典Benchmark问题进行测试,实验结果表明,该算法能有效地处理不同的约束优化问题。     

A memetic algorithm with adaptive hill climbing strategy for dynamic optimization problems

Dynamic optimization problems challenge traditional evolutionary algorithms seriously since they, once converged, cannot adapt quickly to environmental changes. This paper investigates the application of memetic algorithms, a class of hybrid evolutionary algorithms, for dynamic optimization problems. An adaptive hill climbing method is proposed as the local search technique in the framework of memetic algorithms, which combines the features of greedy crossover-based hill climbing and steepest mutation-based hill climbing. In order to address the convergence problem, two diversity maintaining methods, called adaptive dual mapping and triggered random immigrants, respectively, are also introduced into the proposed memetic algorithm for dynamic optimization problems. Based on a series of dynamic problems generated from several stationary benchmark problems, experiments are carried out to investigate the performance of the proposed memetic algorithm in comparison with some peer evolutionary algorithms. The experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed memetic algorithm in dynamic environments.     

改进罚函数法与蝙蝠算法在约束优化中的应用

设计了一种基于自适应罚函数法和改进蝙蝠算法的约束优化问题求解方法。提出了一种自适应罚函数法,该处理方法综合考虑了约束违反的情况和进化过程的特点,如果某个约束违反的次数越多,则证明该约束越强,赋予惩罚系数越大;种群中的不可行解的数量越多,为保持种群的多样性,则约束应该取较小的值,即惩罚系数取较小的值。提出了一种改进的蝙蝠算法,利用混沌的遍历性特点产生初始种群,增强了初始种群的多样性和种群的质量;在考虑了脉冲响度的蝙蝠算法局部搜索中,融入了交叉操作;为防止算法在后期陷入局部最优解,引进了变异操作,保证了群体的多样性。将自适应罚函数法与改进的蝙蝠算法融合起来求解约束优化问题,4个复杂的标准测试函数和2个工程实际问题证明了该约束优化求解方法的可行性和有效性。     

Boundary Search for Constrained Numerical Optimization Problems With an Algorithm Inspired by the Ant Colony Metaphor

This paper presents a novel boundary approach that is included as a constraint-handling technique in an algorithm inspired by the ant colony metaphor. The necessity of approaching the boundary between the feasible and infeasible search space for many constrained optimization problems is a paramount challenge for every constraint-handling technique. Our proposed technique precisely focuses the search on the boundary region and can be either used alone or in combination with other constraint-handling techniques depending on the type and number of problem constraints. For validation purposes, an algorithm inspired by the ant colony metaphor is adopted as our search engine that works following one of the principles of the ant colony approach, i.e., a population of agents iteratively, cooperatively, and independently search for a solution. Each ant in the distributed algorithm applies a simple mutation-like operator, which explores the neighborhood region of a particular point in the search space (individual search level). The operator is designed for exploring the boundary between the feasible and infeasible search space. In addition, each ant obtains global information from the colony in order to exploit the most promising regions of the search space (cooperation level). We compare our proposed approach with respect to a well-known constraint-handling technique that is representative of the state-of-the-art in the area, using a set of standard test functions.     

动态分级中心引力约束优化算法及工程应用

结合非固定多段罚函数处理约束条件,提出一种动态分级中心引力优化算法用于求解约束优化问题。该算法利用佳点集初始化个体以保证种群的多样性。在每次迭代过程中将种群分为两个子种群,分别用于全局搜索和局部搜索,根据搜索阶段动态调整子种群个体数目。对几个标准的测试问题和工程优化问题进行数值实验,结果表明该算法能处理不同的约束优化问题。     

An adaptive surrogate assisted differential evolutionary algorithm for high dimensional constrained problems

Differential evolution (DE) is a competitive algorithm for constrained optimization problems (COPs). In this study, in order to improve the efficiency and accuracy of the DE for high dimensional problems, an adaptive surrogate assisted DE algorithm, called ASA-DE is suggested. In the ASA, several kinds of surrogate modeling techniques are integrated. Furthermore, to avoid violate the constraints and obtain better solution simultaneously, adaptive strategies for population size and mutation are also suggested in this study. The suggested adaptive population strategy which controls the exploring and exploiting states according to whether algorithm find enough feasible solution is similar to a state switch. The mutation strategy is used to enhance the effect of state switch based on adaptive population size. Finally, the suggested ASA-DE is evaluated on the benchmark problems from congress on evolutionary computation (CEC) 2017 constrained real parameter optimization. The experimental results show the proposed algorithm is a competitive one compared to other state-of-the-art algorithms.     

Immune optimization algorithm for constrained nonlinear multiobjective optimization problems

A new dynamical immune optimization algorithm for constrained nonlinear multiobjective optimization problems over continuous domains is proposed based on both the concept of Pareto optimality and simple interactive metaphors between antibody population and multiple antigens as well as ideas of T cell regulation. The focus of design is concentrated on constructing one constraint-handling technique associated with uniform design reported and designing one antibody evolution mechanism through utilizing simplified metaphors of humoral immune response of the immune system. The former is to provide an alternative feasible solution set for dealing with constraints and infeasible solutions created during the execution of the algorithm, while helping for rapidly finding Pareto-optimal solutions; the latter generates multiple excellent feasible solutions so that the desired solutions will be gradually obtained. Theoretically, its weak convergence is proven by using Markov theory, while the experimental results demonstrate its strong convergence. Through application to difficult test problems, comparative results illustrate it is potential for the algorithm to cope with high dimensional complex optimization problems with multiple constraints.     

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.     

一种新的混合杂交方法及其在约束优化中的应用

为进一步提高基于混合杂交与间歇变异的约束优化演化算法的求解性能,提出了一种新的混合杂交方法。该方法主要是在混合算术杂交算子中引入离散均匀重组算子,并组成一个离散——算术混合杂交算子网,其中离散均匀重组算子起到协助调整子代分布、增强混合算术杂交算子局部搜索能力的作用。数值实验和比较表明所提的混合杂交方法可有效改善算法求解不等式约束优化问题的性能。     

动态分级的并行约束优化进化算法

提出一种动态分级的并行进化算法用于求解约束优化问题。该算法首先利用佳点集方法初始化种群。在进化过程中,将种群个体分为两个子种群,分别用于全局和局部搜索,并根据不同的搜索阶段动态调整各种级别中并行变量的数目。标准测试问题的实验结果表明了该算法的可行性和有效性。