Nature Inspired meta-heuristic algorithms are one of the most efficient solution to many engineering optimization problems. The firefly algorithm is one of the nature inspired solution. The objective of the proposed w...
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(纸本)9781467351157;9781467351164
Nature Inspired meta-heuristic algorithms are one of the most efficient solution to many engineering optimization problems. The firefly algorithm is one of the nature inspired solution. The objective of the proposed work is of two folds. In the first fold the firefly algorithm is applied to the back-propagation training phase to optimize the overall training process. One of the problem in this type of implementation is the adjustment of algorithmic parameters and number of firefly population, and for a dynamic system the manual modification of parameter is a troublesome matter. In the second fold, the proposed work is implemented a statistical hypothesis based agent which is adaptively control the various parameters and number of firefly populations in firefly algorithm based back-propagation method and this makes it more convenient for dynamic systems. The effectiveness of automatic parameter adjustment over the performance of algorithm is analyzed through correct classification rate and sum of squared error. The proposed method is tested over five bench mark non-linear standard data set and it is compared with genetic algorithm based back-propagation method. It is observed from the experiment that the agent automatically adjust the parameters and number of firefly populations in each iteration of the back-propagation optimization phase and it is finally converged within a minimum number of iteration.
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are gaining increasing significance with computing devices becoming ubiquitous and equipped with wireless communication modules. Many applications for such networks require the devices ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467348836;9781467348812
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are gaining increasing significance with computing devices becoming ubiquitous and equipped with wireless communication modules. Many applications for such networks require the devices to know their position within the network or their distance to other devices. Precise determination of these parameters often fails due to lack of information, missing hardware, or inaccessibility of needed resources, making an approximation necessary. We introduce an algorithm to calculate hop counts and, thereby, derive distances between devices. The algorithm is based on synchronization of all devices in the MANET. We show that an intentional phase shift of a periodically sent signal allows to estimate the distance between all devices in a network and a specific reference device. This approach significantly reduces the communication overhead leading to a more resource-efficient operation of the communication module and, thus, potentially extending the lifetime of the mobile devices. Experiments demonstrate that a network with an average of ten devices within communication range can be synchronized using a firefly-inspired decentralized synchronization algorithm. Also, we show that the resulting distance estimates have a higher accuracy compared to the results of an algorithm which is based on asynchronous exchange of messages.
Mass optimization on shape and sizing with multiple natural frequency constraints are highly nonlinear dynamic optimization problems. Multiple natural frequency constraints normally cause difficult dynamic sensitivity...
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Mass optimization on shape and sizing with multiple natural frequency constraints are highly nonlinear dynamic optimization problems. Multiple natural frequency constraints normally cause difficult dynamic sensitivity analysis and, in addition, two different types of design variables, nodal coordinates and cross-sectional areas, often lead to divergence. Thus, the choice of the appropriated method to solve this kind of problem is of paramount importance. Within this context, in this paper two of the most recent metaheuristic algorithms developed in the last decade, Harmony Search (HS) and firefly algorithm (FA), are used, for the first time here, to solve truss shape and sizing optimization with multiple natural frequency constraints. Since these metaheuristic algorithms are not a gradient-based search, they avoid most of the pitfalls of any gradient-based search algorithms. The effectiveness of Harmony Search and firefly algorithm is demonstrated through four benchmark structural optimization problems for solving shape and sizing optimization of trusses with multiple frequency constraints. The results showed that both metaheuristic algorithms reached, in a relatively low computational time, better results than the literature in three of the four examples considered, and in the other example the structure is approximately equal to the best one found, emphasizing the excellent capacity of both methods. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Swarm intelligence has becoming a powerful technique in solving design and scheduling tasks. Metaheuristic algorithms are an integrated part of this paradigm, and particle swarm optimization is often viewed as an impo...
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Swarm intelligence has becoming a powerful technique in solving design and scheduling tasks. Metaheuristic algorithms are an integrated part of this paradigm, and particle swarm optimization is often viewed as an important landmark. The outstanding performance and efficiency cif swarm-based algorithms inspired many new developments, though mathematical understanding of metaheuristics remains partly a mystery. In contrast to the classic deterministic algorithms, metaheuristics such as PSO always use some form of randomness, and such randomization now employs various techniques. This paper intends to review and analyze some of the convergence and efficiency associated with metaheuristics such as firefly algorithm, random walks, and Levy flights. We will discuss how these techniques are used and their implications for further research.
Price forecasting is a crucial information for market participants in an electricity market. However, the electricity price is a complex signal due to its nonlinearity, stochasticity, and time dependent behavior. This...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467327299
Price forecasting is a crucial information for market participants in an electricity market. However, the electricity price is a complex signal due to its nonlinearity, stochasticity, and time dependent behavior. This paper presents a novel hybrid intelligent algorithm that uses the combination of a data filtering technique based on the wavelet transform (WT), an optimization technique based on firefly (FF) algorithm, and a soft computing model based on fuzzy ARTMAP (FA) network. The innovative contribution of this paper is an application of the FF algorithm to optimize FA network that utilizes the historical ill-behaved energy price time-series through the WT. Good forecast performance and adaptability of the proposed hybrid WT+FF+FA model to changes in the data is illustrated using the Ontario market power system data. The test results demonstrates that the proposed hybrid technique is able to improve the day-ahead price forecasting performance significantly when compared with other conventional soft computing models available in literature.
Swarm intelligence is applied to a module of high speed system design problem. To maintain power integrity in a high speed system, an effective methodology for suppressing the cavity-mode anti-resonances' peaks is...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467302197
Swarm intelligence is applied to a module of high speed system design problem. To maintain power integrity in a high speed system, an effective methodology for suppressing the cavity-mode anti-resonances' peaks is presented. The optimal values and the optimal positions of the decoupling capacitors are found using three different swarm intelligence methods - particle swarm optimization, cuckoo search method and firefly algorithm. Optimum values and locations of decoupling capacitors are obtained, by which anti-resonances' peaks of loaded board are minimized.
According to an energy-efficient mathematical model which usually uses GA algorithm to solve, a new algorithm based on firefly optimization algorithm is applied to solve it. Through calculation for a cited example, si...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783037853740
According to an energy-efficient mathematical model which usually uses GA algorithm to solve, a new algorithm based on firefly optimization algorithm is applied to solve it. Through calculation for a cited example, simulation results such as speed-position curve are got. Compared with other methods, it demonstrates this new FA-based algorithm has a better performance and can be considered to be put into practical use..
A meta-heuristic search algorithm intended to introduce chaotic dynamics and Levy flights into the algorithm is presented in this paper. Among most evolutionary computation for optimization problem including meta-heur...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467308922;9781467308915
A meta-heuristic search algorithm intended to introduce chaotic dynamics and Levy flights into the algorithm is presented in this paper. Among most evolutionary computation for optimization problem including meta-heuristic search algorithms, the solution is drawn like a moth to a flame and cannot keep away. The fine balance between intensification (exploitation) and diversification (exploration) is very important to the overall efficiency and performance of an algorithm. Too little exploration and too much exploitation could cause the system to be trapped in local optima, which makes it very difficult or even impossible to find the global optimum. The track of chaotic variable can travel ergodically over the whole search space. In general, the chaotic variable has special characters, i.e., ergodicity, pseudo-randomness and irregularity. To enrich the searching behavior and to avoid being trapped into local optimum, chaotic sequence and a chaotic Levy flight are incorporated in the meta-heuristic search for efficiently generating new solutions. The proposed algorithm with quite general objective function is used to study the ability to develop unsupervised robotic learning such as the maze exploring ability.
Femtocell networks, consisting of a conventional macrocell and overlaying femtocells, forming a hierarchical cell structure, constitute an attractive solution to improve the capacity and coverage. However, the inter-t...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467329644;9781467329637
Femtocell networks, consisting of a conventional macrocell and overlaying femtocells, forming a hierarchical cell structure, constitute an attractive solution to improve the capacity and coverage. However, the inter-tier and intra-tier interferences in such systems can significantly reduce the capacity and cause an unacceptably high level of outage. This paper treats the downlink interference problem in orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) based femtocell networks with partial co-channel deployment. We first propose an inter-tier interference mitigation strategy by forcing the macro-interfering femtocells to use the dedicated sub-channels. The non-interfering femtocells, on the other hand, will use the shared sub-channels which are also used by the macrocell. We then present the sub-channels allocation scheme based on the firefly algorithm to mitigate the intra-tier interference. Finally, we reassign the ratio between the dedicated and shared subchannels to maximize the efficient utilization. The propose interference mitigation scheme offers significant performance improvement by substantially reducing the inference and improving fairness and energy efficiency of utilization in the system.
This paper presents an in-depth performance evaluation of three different optimization algorithms, in particular genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and firefly (FF) algorithm for power demand f...
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This paper presents an in-depth performance evaluation of three different optimization algorithms, in particular genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and firefly (FF) algorithm for power demand forecasting in a deregulated electricity market and smart grid environments. In this framework, this paper proposes a hybrid intelligent algorithm for power demand forecasts using the combination of wavelet transform (WT) and fuzzy ARTMAP (FA) network that is optimized by using FF optimization algorithm. The effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed hybrid WT+FF+FA model is trained and tested utilizing the data obtained from ISO-NE electricity market.
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