A simulated annealing technique for multi-objective simulation optimization

In this paper, we present a simulated annealing algorithm for solving multi-objective simulation optimization problems. The algorithm is based on the idea of simulated annealing with constant temperature, and uses a rule for accepting a candidate solution that depends on the individual estimated objective function values. The algorithm is shown to converge almost surely to an optimal solution. It is applied to a multi-objective inventory problem; the numerical results show that the algorithm converges rapidly.     

Computation of the optimal tolls on the traffic network

The present paper is devoted to the computation of optimal tolls on a traffic network that is described as fuzzy bilevel optimization problem. As a fuzzy bilevel optimization problem we consider bilinear optimization problem with crisp upper level and fuzzy lower level. An effective algorithm for computation optimal tolls for the upper level decision-maker is developed under assumption that the lower level decision-maker chooses the optimal solution as well. The algorithm is based on the membership function approach. This algorithm provides us with a global optimal solution of the fuzzy bilevel optimization problem.     

Inverse multi-objective combinatorial optimization

Inverse multi-objective combinatorial optimization consists of finding a minimal adjustment of the objective functions coefficients such that a given set of feasible solutions becomes efficient. An algorithm is proposed for rendering a given feasible solution into an efficient one. This is a simplified version of the inverse problem when the cardinality of the set is equal to one. The adjustment is measured by the Chebyshev distance. It is shown how to build an optimal adjustment in linear time based on this distance, and why it is right to perform a binary search for determining the optimal distance. These results led us to develop an approach based on the resolution of mixed-integer linear programs. A second approach based on a branch-and-bound is proposed to handle any distance function that can be linearized. Finally, the initial inverse problem is solved by a cutting plane algorithm.     

SIS epidemic model-based optimization

To solve complicated function optimization problems, a function optimization algorithm is constructed based on the Susceptible–Infective–Susceptible (SIS) epidemic model, the function optimization algorithm is called SIS algorithm, or SISA in short. The algorithm supposes that some male and female organisms exist in an ecosystem; each individual is characterized by a number of features; an infectious disease exists in the ecosystem and infects among individuals, the infection rule is that female individuals infect male individuals or male individuals infect female individuals, the disease attacks a part of features of an individual. The infected individuals can be cured; the cured individuals can be infected again after a period of time. The physique strength of an individual is decided synthetically by the infection, cure and susceptibility of certain features. The S–I operator is used to transfer feature information from male to female or female to male, the I–S operator is used to transfer feature information from male to male or female to female, the I–S operator and S–S operator are used to transfer feature information among individuals without sex difference. The individuals with strong physique can continue to grow, while the individuals with weak physique stop growing. Results show that the algorithm has characteristics of global convergence and high convergence speed for the complicated functions optimization problems, especially for high dimensional function optimization problems.     

混沌粒子群神经网络在上证指数预测中的应用

上证指数预测是一个非常复杂的非线性问题,为了提高对上证指数预测的准确性,本文采用基于混沌粒子群(CPSO)算法对BP神经网络算法改进的方法来进行预测.BP神经网络算法目前已经应用到预测、聚类、分类等许多领域,取得了不少的成果.但自身也有明显的缺点,比如易陷入局部极小值、收敛速度慢等.用混沌粒子群算法改进BP神经网络算法的基本思想是用混沌粒子群算法优化BP神经网络算法的权值和阈值,在粒子群算法中加入混沌元素,提高粒子群算法的全局搜索能力.对上证指数预测的结果表明改进后的预测方法,具有更好的准确性.     

Lipschitzian optimization without the Lipschitz constant

We present a new algorithm for finding the global minimum of a multivariate function subject to simple bounds. The algorithm is a modification of the standard Lipschitzian approach that eliminates the need to specify a Lipschitz constant. This is done by carrying out simultaneous searches using all possible constants from zero to infinity. On nine standard test functions, the new algorithm converges in fewer function evaluations than most competing methods.The motivation for the new algorithm stems from a different way of looking at the Lipschitz constant. In particular, the Lipschitz constant is viewed as a weighting parameter that indicates how much emphasis to place on global versus local search. In standard Lipschitzian methods, this constant is usually large because it must equal or exceed the maximum rate of change of the objective function. As a result, these methods place a high emphasis on global search and exhibit slow convergence. In contrast, the new algorithm carries out simultaneous searches using all possible constants, and therefore operates at both the global and local level. Once the global part of the algorithm finds the basin of convergence of the optimum, the local part of the algorithm quickly and automatically exploits it. This accounts for the fast convergence of the new algorithm on the test functions.     

Omni-optimizer: A generic evolutionary algorithm for single and multi-objective optimization

Due to the vagaries of optimization problems encountered in practice, users resort to different algorithms for solving different optimization problems. In this paper, we suggest and evaluate an optimization procedure which specializes in solving a wide variety of optimization problems. The proposed algorithm is designed as a generic multi-objective, multi-optima optimizer. Care has been taken while designing the algorithm such that it automatically degenerates to efficient algorithms for solving other simpler optimization problems, such as single-objective uni-optimal problems, single-objective multi-optima problems and multi-objective uni-optimal problems. The efficacy of the proposed algorithm in solving various problems is demonstrated on a number of test problems chosen from the literature. Because of its efficiency in handling different types of problems with equal ease, this algorithm should find increasing use in real-world optimization problems.     

A hybrid glowworm swarm optimization algorithm to solve constrained multimodal functions optimization

In this paper, a novel hybrid glowworm swarm optimization (HGSO) algorithm is proposed. The HGSO algorithm embeds predatory behaviour of artificial fish swarm algorithm (AFSA) into glowworm swarm optimization (GSO) algorithm and combines the GSO with differential evolution on the basis of a two-population co-evolution mechanism. In addition, to overcome the premature convergence, the local search strategy based on simulated annealing is applied to make the search of GSO approach the true optimum solution gradually. Finally, several benchmark functions show that HGSO has faster convergence efficiency and higher computational precision, and is more effective for solving constrained multi-modal function optimization problems.     

Interactive evolutionary multi-objective optimization for quasi-concave preference functions

We present a new hybrid approach to interactive evolutionary multi-objective optimization that uses a partial preference order to act as the fitness function in a customized genetic algorithm. We periodically send solutions to the decision maker (DM) for her evaluation and use the resulting preference information to form preference cones consisting of inferior solutions. The cones allow us to implicitly rank solutions that the DM has not considered. This technique avoids assuming an exact form for the preference function, but does assume that the preference function is quasi-concave. This paper describes the genetic algorithm and demonstrates its performance on the multi-objective knapsack problem.     

A nonisolated optimal solution for special reverse convex programming problems

In this paper, an efficient algorithm is proposed for globally solving special reverse convex programming problems with more than one reverse convex constraints. The proposed algorithm provides a nonisolated global optimal solution which is also stable under small perturbations of the constraints, and it turns out that such an optimal solution is adequately guaranteed to be feasible and to be close to the actual optimal solution. Convergence of the algorithm is shown and the numerical experiment is given to illustrate the feasibility of the presented algorithm.     

Gbest-guided artificial bee colony algorithm for numerical function optimization

Artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm invented recently by Karaboga is a biological-inspired optimization algorithm, which has been shown to be competitive with some conventional biological-inspired algorithms, such as genetic algorithm (GA), differential evolution (DE) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). However, there is still an insufficiency in ABC algorithm regarding its solution search equation, which is good at exploration but poor at exploitation. Inspired by PSO, we propose an improved ABC algorithm called gbest-guided ABC (GABC) algorithm by incorporating the information of global best (gbest) solution into the solution search equation to improve the exploitation. The experimental results tested on a set of numerical benchmark functions show that GABC algorithm can outperform ABC algorithm in most of the experiments.     

非线性整数规划的一个新的无参数填充函数算法

离散填充函数是一种用于求解多极值优化问题最优解的一种行之有效的方法.已被证明对于求解大规模离散优化问题是有效的.本文基于改进的离散填充函数定义,构造了一个新的无参数填充函数,并在理论上给出了证明,提出了一个新的填充函数算法.该填充函数无需调节参数,而且只需极小化一次目标函数.数值结果表明,该算法是高效的、可行的.     

全局优化问题的一个无参数填充函数算法

填充函数法是求解全局优化问题的一种有效的确定性算法,方法的关键在于填充函数的构造.对于一般无约束优化问题提出了一个新的无参数填充函数,通过定义证明了此填充函数能保持填充性质.利用其理论性质设计了相应的算法并对几个经典的算例进行了数值实验,实验结果表明算法有效可行.     

超越方程的优化解法

针对粒子群算法局部搜索能力差,后期收敛速度慢等缺点,提出了一种改进的粒子群算法,该算法是在粒子群算法后期加入拟牛顿方法,充分发挥了粒子群算法的全局搜索性和拟牛顿法的局部精细搜索性,从而克服了粒子群算法的不足,把超越方程转化为函数优化的问题,利用该算法求解,数值实验结果表明,算法有较高的收敛速度和求解精度。     

多目标0-1规划问题的蜂群算法

针对多目标0-1规划问题,本文给出一种新型的智能优化算法——蜂群算法进行求解,并通过实例验证,与遗传算法、蚁群算法和元胞蚁群算法作了相应比较。就多目标0-1规划问题而言,蜂群算法能得到更多的Pareto解,说明了蜂群算法在解决该类问题上的有效性。     

大规模系统的全局优化

本文讨论了可分非凸大规模系统的全局优化控制问题 .提出了一种 3级递阶优化算法 .该算法首先把原问题转化为可分的多目标优化问题 ,然后凸化非劣前沿 ,再从非劣解集中挑出原问题的全局最优解 .建立了算法的理论基础 ,证明了算法的收敛性 .仿真结果表明算法是有效的 .     

An algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with route balancing

In this paper, we present a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with route balancing. The algorithm is based on a formerly developed multi-objective algorithm using an explicit collective memory method, namely the extended virtual loser (EVL). We adapted and improved the algorithm and the EVL method for this problem. We achieved good results with this simple technique. In case of this problem the quality of the results of the algorithm is similar to that of other evolutionary algorithms.     

非线性约束优化问题的混合粒子群算法

把处理约束条件的一个外点方法和改进的粒子群优化算法相结合,提出了一种求解非线性约束优化问题的混合粒子群优化算法.该方法兼顾了粒子群优化和外点法的优点,对算法迭代过程中出现不可行粒子,利用外点法处理后产生可行粒子.数值实验表明了提出的新算法具有有效性、通用性和稳健性.     

多点收缩混沌优化方法及全局收敛性证明

针对目前混沌优化算法在选取局部搜索空间时的盲目性,提出一种具有自适应调节局部搜索空间能力的多点收缩混沌优化方法.该方法在当前搜索空间搜索时保留多个较好搜索点,之后利用这些点来确定之后的局部搜索空间,以达到对不同的函数和当前搜索空间内已进行搜索次数的自适应效果.给出了该算法以概率1收敛的证明.仿真结果表明该算法有效的提高了混沌优化算法的性能,改善了混沌算法的实用性.     

解线性等式约束优化问题的模式搜索过滤集方法

提出一个解线性等式约束无导数优化的模式搜索过滤集算法,该算法将过滤集技术嵌入无导数优化算法中以改善算法的效率. 建立了新算法的总体收敛性, 初步的数值试验结果表明新算法是有效的.