Firefly algorithm (FA) is recently developed nature-inspired metaheuristic based on the flashing patterns and behaviour of fireflies. Original FA was successfully applied to solve unconstrained optimization problems. This paper presents firefly algorithm to solve constrained optimization problems. For constraint handling, firefly algorithm uses certain feasibility-based rules in order to guide ...

Firefly algorithm is one of the evolutionary optimization algorithms, and is inspired by the behavior of fireflies in nature. Though efficient, its parameters do not change during iterations, which is also true for particle swarm optimization. This paper propose a hybrid model to improve the FA algorithm by introducing learning automata to adjust firefly behavior, and using genetic algorithm to...

In this paper, a multimodal firefly algorithm named the CFA (Coulomb Firefly Algorithm) has been presented based on the Coulomb’s law. The algorithm is able to find more than one optimum solution in the problem search space without requiring any additional parameter. In this proposed method, less bright fireflies would be attracted to fireflies which are not only brighter, but according to the ...

The firefly algorithm has become an increasingly important tool of Swarm Intelligence that has been applied in almost all areas of optimization, as well as engineering practice. Many problems from various areas have been successfully solved using the firefly algorithm and its variants. In order to use the algorithm to solve diverse problems, the original firefly algorithm needs to be modified o...

We proposed a task scheduling in cloud computing based on intelligence firefly algorithm aimed at the disadvantages of cloud computing task scheduling. Firstly, on the basis of cloud model, used intelligence firefly algorithm with strong ability of global searching to find the better solution of cloud computing task scheduling then turned the better solution into the initial pheromone of improv...

—The l 1-norm minimization problem plays an important role in the compressed sensing (CS) theory. We present in this letter an algorithm for solving the problem of l 1 Index Terms—L-norm minimization for quaternion signals by converting it to second-order cone programming. An application example of the proposed algorithm is also given for practical guidelines of perfect recovery of quaternion s...

Nature-inspired algorithms such as Particle Swarm Optimization and Firefly Algorithm are among the most powerful algorithms for optimization. In this paper, we intend to formulate a new metaheuristic algorithm by combining Lévy flights with the search strategy via the Firefly Algorithm. Numerical studies and results suggest that the proposed Lévy-flight firefly algorithm is superior to existing...

The Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) problems in power generation systems are to reduce the fuel cost by reducing the total cost for the generation of electric power. This paper presents an efficient Modified Firefly Algorithm (MFA), for solving ELD Problem. The main objective of the problems is to minimize the total fuel cost of the generating units having quadratic cost functions subjected to lim...

Firefly algorithm is a swarm-based algorithm that can be used for solving optimization problems. In this paper, we focus on image clustering algorithm using the fuzzy set of possible solution is incorporated into the original firefly to improve the performance. The movement of the firefly still follows the original pattern but they are updated according fuzzy c-means algorithm. All method, k-me...