Parameter control in evolutionary algorithms: Trends and challenges

G Karafotias, M Hoogendoorn… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
More than a decade after the first extensive overview on parameter control, we revisit the
field and present a survey of the state-of-the-art. We briefly summarize the development of …

Differential evolution with an individual-dependent mechanism

L Tang, Y Dong, J Liu - IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Differential evolution (DE) is a well-known optimization algorithm that utilizes the difference
of positions between individuals to perturb base vectors and thus generate new mutant …

Differential evolution based on covariance matrix learning and bimodal distribution parameter setting

Y Wang, HX Li, T Huang, L Li - Applied Soft Computing, 2014 - Elsevier
Differential evolution (DE) is an efficient and robust evolutionary algorithm, which has been
widely applied to solve global optimization problems. As we know, crossover operator plays …

Differential evolution with auto-enhanced population diversity

M Yang, C Li, Z Cai, J Guan - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In differential evolution (DE) studies, there are many parameter adaptation methods, aiming
at tuning the mutation factor F and the crossover probability CR. However, these methods …

Repairing the crossover rate in adaptive differential evolution

W Gong, Z Cai, Y Wang - Applied Soft Computing, 2014 - Elsevier
Differential evolution (DE) is a simple yet powerful evolutionary algorithm (EA) for global
numerical optimization. However, its performance is significantly influenced by its …

Enhanced versions of differential evolution: state-of-the-art survey

WK Mashwani - International Journal of Computing Science …, 2014 - inderscienceonline.com
Over the past few years, differential evolution (DE) is generally considered as a reliable,
accurate and robust population-based evolutionary algorithm (EA). It is capable of handling …

Differential evolution based on truncated Lévy-type flights and population diversity measure to solve economic load dispatch problems

L dos Santos Coelho, TC Bora, VC Mariani - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Economic load dispatch (ELD) is an important constrained optimization task addressing this
vital concern for power system operations. ELD problem is the process of allocating …

DE-FPA: a hybrid differential evolution-flower pollination algorithm for function minimization

D Chakraborty, S Saha, O Dutta - … international conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new hybrid population based algorithm (DE-FPA) is proposed with the
combination of differential evolution optimization algorithm and flower pollination algorithm …

A self-adaptive chaotic differential evolution algorithm using gamma distribution for unconstrained global optimization

L dos Santos Coelho, HVH Ayala, VC Mariani - Applied Mathematics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have yielded promising results for solving nonlinear, non-
differentiable and multi-modal optimization problems. Due to its population-based nature …

Differential evolution improved with self-adaptive control parameters based on simulated annealing

H Guo, Y Li, J Li, H Sun, D Wang, X Chen - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nowadays, differential evolution (DE) has attracted more and more attention as an effective
approach for solving numerical optimization problems. However, the fact that users have to …