Microscale mechanical self-adaptive bearings are a recent development in the field that offer promising features such as enhanced load-carrying capacity compared to conventional bearings. This study aims to improve th...
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Microscale mechanical self-adaptive bearings are a recent development in the field that offer promising features such as enhanced load-carrying capacity compared to conventional bearings. This study aims to improve the load-carrying capacity of these bearings by introducing novel deformable groove designs. The objective is to find the optimum groove's top surface shape that maximizes the load-carrying support. Assuming that the thickness can vary along the groove's length, three different thickness patterns including constant, linear, and spline are considered. A hybrid optimization algorithm based on the harmonysearch (HS) algorithm and sequential quadratic programming (SQP) is utilized to find the optimum shape for each thickness pattern. A benchmark problem is considered to show the performance of new designs. Results show that the optimally designed grooves with spline thickness profile can have load-carrying capacities up to 45% larger than the original ones.
In the current manufacturing methods, improvement in process performance will be resulting in huge benefits to the industries. For the improvement in part or product quality, the machining process must be operating wi...
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In the current manufacturing methods, improvement in process performance will be resulting in huge benefits to the industries. For the improvement in part or product quality, the machining process must be operating with the optimal parameters, and thus, quality attributes can be produced. It applies to one of the modern machining techniques such as abrasive water jet (AWJ) as the use of this technique is growing rapidly in manufacturing industries for needful applications. Therefore, the present work is proposed to find the optimal level of AWJ parameters such as water jet pressure, stand-off distance, abrasive mass flow rate for drilling die steel with the simultaneous minimization of drilled hole features such as surface roughness, circularity, and cylindricity by using an unusual metaheuristic technique, namely harmony search algorithm (HSA). In addition, taguchi grey relational analysis (TGRA) was performed and their results were compared with the HSA technique. The multiple linear regression models were developed for each response, and the same were used in HSA to determine the optimum parameters for the minimization of responses where the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method was employed to convert the multi-objectives into single objective. In this study, the efficacy of HSA technique was demonstrated with the hole features of die steel. The results proved that the HSA technique had outperformed the TGRA based on the overall improvement in AWJ drilling performance on die steel, and the predicted process attributes such as surface roughness of 1.53625 mu m, circularity of 0.04370 mm, and cylindricity of 0.02459 mm were obtained at water jet pressure of 275.4 MPa, stand-off distance of 3.96 mm, and abrasive flow rate as 0.25 kg/min. Also, the percentage deviation error (< 6%) of the predicted hole features of HSA is acceptable and analogous to the experimental results. Hence, it is confirmed that a new metaheuristic alg
In this paper, meta-heuristic optimization techniques are introduced and their applications to water resources engineering, particularly in hydrological science are introduced. In recent years, meta-heuristic optimiza...
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In this paper, meta-heuristic optimization techniques are introduced and their applications to water resources engineering, particularly in hydrological science are introduced. In recent years, meta-heuristic optimization techniques have been introduced that can overcome the problems inherent in iterative simulations. These methods are able to find good solutions and require limited computation time and memory use without requiring complex derivatives. Simulation-based meta-heuristic methods such as Genetic algorithms (GAs) and harmonysearch (HS) have powerful searching abilities, which can occasionally overcome the several drawbacks of traditional mathematical methods. For example, HS algorithms can be conceptualized from a musical performance process and used to achieve better harmony;such optimization algorithms seek a near global optimum determined by the value of an objective function, providing a more robust determination of musical performance than can be achieved through typical aesthetic estimation. In this paper, meta-heuristic algorithms and their applications (focus on GAs and HS) in hydrological science are discussed by subject, including a review of existing literature in the field. Then, recent trends in optimization are presented and a relatively new technique such as Smallest Small World Cellular harmonysearch (SSWCHS) is briefly introduced, with a summary of promising results obtained in previous studies. As a result, previous studies have demonstrated that meta-heuristic algorithms are effective tools for the development of hydrological models and the management of water resources.
In this paper, a novel approach is presented to find the optimal adjustment of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) system in a two-area power system. In the proposed method, a newly developed harmony search algorithm i...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781509003723
In this paper, a novel approach is presented to find the optimal adjustment of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) system in a two-area power system. In the proposed method, a newly developed harmony search algorithm is implemented to solve the non-convex non-linear problem of AGC. In order to show efficiency of the proposed approach, the response of HSA-Optimized system to disturbances is compared with the results of GA-Optimized system. The cost function of the proposed problem is considered based on Integral of Time Multiplied Square Error (ITSE). In order to improve the system performance, frequency bias factor (FBF) is modeled in the problem and the proposed method is implemented in a non-linear interconnected two area power system. Simulation results verified that employing the proposed approach in optimization process of control system would guarantee a better system performance comparing to other methods.
Topology control protocols try to decrease average of node's transition radius without decreasing network connectivity. In this paper, we propose a topology control protocol and maintain the connectivity of the se...
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(纸本)9781467302395
Topology control protocols try to decrease average of node's transition radius without decreasing network connectivity. In this paper, we propose a topology control protocol and maintain the connectivity of the sensor network by adjusting the transition radius of the sensor nodes. In this protocol, proper transition radius of the sensor nodes can be determined using the harmony search algorithm. Due to the proposed protocol accuracy in selecting the transition radius of sensor nodes, it is able to provide the full connectivity in sparse deployment. Moreover, as the result of increasing nodes density, the proposed protocol decreases the energy consumption of the sensor network and prolongs the network lifetime. We have simulated our protocol and simulation results show high efficiency of the proposed protocol.
Single multiplicative neuron artificial neural networks have different importance than many other artificial neural networks because they do not have complex architecture problem, too many parameters and they need mor...
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Single multiplicative neuron artificial neural networks have different importance than many other artificial neural networks because they do not have complex architecture problem, too many parameters and they need more computation time to use. In single multiplicative neuron artificial neural network, it is assumed that there is a one data generation process for time series. Many time series need an assumption that they have two data generation process or more. Based on this idea, the threshold model structure can be employed in a single multiplicative neuron model artificial neural network for taking into considering data generation processes problem. In this study, a new artificial neural network type is proposed and it is called a threshold single multiplicative neuron artificial neural network. It is assumed that time series have two data generation processes according to the architecture of single multiplicative neuron artificial neural network. Training algorithms are proposed based on harmony search algorithm and particle swarm optimization for threshold single multiplicative neuron artificial neural network. The proposed method is tested by various time series data sets and compared with well-known forecasting methods by considering different error measures. Finally, the performance of the proposed method is evaluated by a simulation study.
This article introduces a new metaheuristic approach that is a hybrid of two known algorithms, for solving global optimization problems. The proposed algorithm is based on the Bat algorithm (BA), which is inspired by ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319705422;9783319705415
This article introduces a new metaheuristic approach that is a hybrid of two known algorithms, for solving global optimization problems. The proposed algorithm is based on the Bat algorithm (BA), which is inspired by the micro-bat echolocation phenomenon, and addresses the problems of local-optima trapping and low precision using an adjusted mutation operator from the harmonysearch (HS) algorithm. The proposed Hybrid Bat harmony (HBH) algorithm attempts to balance the good exploitation process of BA with a fast exploration feature inspired by HS. The design of HBH is introduced and its performance is evaluated against fourteen of the standard benchmark functions, and compared to that of the standard BA and HS algorithms and to another recent hybrid algorithm (HS/BA). The obtained results show that the new HBH method is indeed a promising addition to the arsenal of metaheuristic algorithms and can outperform the original BA and HS algorithms.
In this work, we evaluate performance of home energy management system(HEM) by using three meta-heuristic optimization techniques: harmony search algorithm (HSA), Bacterial foraging optimization (BFO) and Enhanced def...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781509062317
In this work, we evaluate performance of home energy management system(HEM) by using three meta-heuristic optimization techniques: harmony search algorithm (HSA), Bacterial foraging optimization (BFO) and Enhanced deferential evolution(EDE). We categorize appliances into three groups on the basis of their energy consumption pattern. Real time pricing (RTP) scheme is used for electricity bill calculation. Our objectives are to minimize electricity cost, energy consumption, reduction in peak to average ratio while maximizing user comfort. However, there exists a trade-off between different objectives. Our simulation results show that there exist a trade-off between user comfort and cost. Results also show that in terms of cost HSA perform better among other techniques.
Hyper-heuristic (HH) is a higher level heuristic to choose from a set of heuristics applicable for the problem on hand. In this paper, a harmonysearch-based Hyper-heuristic (HSHH) approach is tested in solving nurse ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479945122
Hyper-heuristic (HH) is a higher level heuristic to choose from a set of heuristics applicable for the problem on hand. In this paper, a harmonysearch-based Hyper-heuristic (HSHH) approach is tested in solving nurse rostering problems (NRP). NRP is a complex scheduling problem of assigning given shifts to a given nurses. We test the proposed method by using the First International Nurse Rostering Competition 2010 (INRC2010) dataset. Experimentally, the HSHH approach achieved comparable results with the comparative methods in the literature.
Highly accurate positioning is essential for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to finish missions in complex underwater environments. Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) has become a common algorithm for underwater navi...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9780692935590
Highly accurate positioning is essential for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to finish missions in complex underwater environments. Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) has become a common algorithm for underwater navigation due to its low computational complexity and high accuracy. The uncertainty of system noise and observation noise is an important factor that affects the navigation accuracy of AUV. This paper proposes a method to improve the navigation accuracy of AUVs by estimating the system noise and observation noise parameters of the UKF model based on the harmonysearch (HS) algorithm. The proposed algorithm has been verified by sensor data assembled by our own AUV. Experimental results show that this method can effectively improve the navigation accuracy of AUV.
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