A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Differential Search method is recently proposed to solve box constrained global optimization problems. In this paper, we will further extend this method to solve generalized constrained optimization problems, particularly for structure design optimization pr...

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Main Authors: Liu, J., Wu, Changzhi, Wu, G., Wang, X.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Inc. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23734
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Wu, Changzhi
Wu, G.
Wang, X.
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Wu, Changzhi
Wu, G.
Wang, X.
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description © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Differential Search method is recently proposed to solve box constrained global optimization problems. In this paper, we will further extend this method to solve generalized constrained optimization problems, particularly for structure design optimization problems. To handle the constraints, we first propose a novel dynamic S-type soft-threshold penalty method. Then, the original constrained optimization problem is transformed into a sequence of unconstrained optimization problems. The proposed method is mainly comprised of two steps: parameter iteration and solution iteration. The parameter iteration is to update the dynamic penalty parameter through a soft-threshold scheme and the solution iteration is to implement Differential Search algorithm to solve an unconstrained optimization problem. Two benchmark sets, CEC2006 and CEC2010, and four engineering structure design optimization problems are solved by our proposed algorithm as well as many other swarm-based algorithms proposed in recent literatures. Numerical results show that our method can achieve better performance but with fewer function evaluations comparing with the existing algorithms.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-237342017-09-13T13:59:02Z A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design Liu, J. Wu, Changzhi Wu, G. Wang, X. © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Differential Search method is recently proposed to solve box constrained global optimization problems. In this paper, we will further extend this method to solve generalized constrained optimization problems, particularly for structure design optimization problems. To handle the constraints, we first propose a novel dynamic S-type soft-threshold penalty method. Then, the original constrained optimization problem is transformed into a sequence of unconstrained optimization problems. The proposed method is mainly comprised of two steps: parameter iteration and solution iteration. The parameter iteration is to update the dynamic penalty parameter through a soft-threshold scheme and the solution iteration is to implement Differential Search algorithm to solve an unconstrained optimization problem. Two benchmark sets, CEC2006 and CEC2010, and four engineering structure design optimization problems are solved by our proposed algorithm as well as many other swarm-based algorithms proposed in recent literatures. Numerical results show that our method can achieve better performance but with fewer function evaluations comparing with the existing algorithms. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23734 10.1016/j.amc.2015.06.036 Elsevier Inc. restricted
spellingShingle Liu, J.
Wu, Changzhi
Wu, G.
Wang, X.
A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
title A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
title_full A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
title_fullStr A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
title_full_unstemmed A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
title_short A novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
title_sort novel differential search algorithm and applications for structure design
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23734