The objective of this thesis is to investigate how to improve Particle Swarm Optimization by hybridization of stochastic search heuristics and by a Self-Organized Criticality extension. The thesis will describe two hybrid models extending Particle Swarm Optimization with two aspects from Evolutionary Algorithms, recombination via breeding and gene flow restriction via subpopulations. A further ...

This paper deals with multi-objective optimization in gait planning of a 7-dof biped robot ascending and descending some staircases. Both its power consumption as well as dynamic balance margin depends on a few common design parameters. The biped robot should have a maximum dynamic balance margin but at the expense of minimum power. Thus, a conflicting relationship exists between these two obje...

Evolutionary algorithm and Swarm Intelligence algorithm (EA, SI), a part of Bio inspired optimization algorithm, have been widely used to solve numerous optimization problem in various science and engineering domains. This paper proposes a Multi Swarm Particle Swarm Optimization (MS-PSO) algorithm inspired by the animal collective behavior, the movement of the swarm and the intelligence of the ...

A hybrid particle swarm optimization (PSO) for multi-machine time scheduling problem (MTSP) with multicycles is proposed in this paper to choose the best starting time for each machine in each cycle under pre-described time window and a set of precedence machines for each machine; to minimize the total penalty cost. We developed hybrid algorithm by using a combination between PSO and Genetic Al...

the objective of this paper is to develop an artificial neural network (ann) model which can beused to predict temperature rise due to climate change in regional scale. in the present work data recorded overyears 1985-2008 have been used at training and testing steps for ann model. the multilayer perceptron(mlp) network architecture is used for this purpose. three applied optimization methods a...

in this paper, we have proposed a new algorithm which combines pso and ga in such a way that the new algorithm is more effective and efficient.the particle swarm optimization (pso) algorithm has shown rapid convergence during the initial stages of a global search but around global optimum, the search process will become very slow. on the other hand, genetic algorithm is very sensitive to the in...

The job-shop scheduling problem has attracted many researchers’ attention in the past few decades, and many algorithms based on heuristic algorithms, genetic algorithms, and particle swarm optimization algorithms have been presented to solve it, respectively. Unfortunately, their results have not been satisfied at all yet. In this paper, a new hybrid swarm intelligence algorithm consists of par...

The abstract is the early stages of ship design, decision ship's main dimensions significantly impacts performance and total cost ownership. This paper focuses on an optimization approach based surrogate models at design. objectives are to minimize power requirements building costs while still satisfying constraints. We compare three approaches models: Kriging, BPNN-PSO (Backpropagation Neural ...

This paper presents a combinational quantum-inspired binary gravitational search algorithm (QBGSA) for solving the optimal power quality monitor (PQM) placement problem in power systems for voltage sag assessment. In this algorithm, the standard binary gravitational search algorithm is modified by applying the concept and principles of quantum behaviour as to improve the search capability with ...

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been successfully applied to solve various optimization problems. Recently, a state-based algorithm called multi-state particle swarm optimization (MSPSO) has been proposed to solve discrete combinatorial optimization problems. The algorithm operates based on a simplified mechanism of transition between two states. However, the MSPSO algorithm has to deal w...