A modified particle swarm optimizer with a novel operator

Ran Cheng, Min Yao

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Abstract

This paper proposes a simple and effective modified particle swarm optimizor with a novel operator. The aim is to prevent premature convergence and improve the quality of solutions. The standard PSO is shown to have no ability to perform a fine grain search to improve the quality of solutions as the number of iterations is increased, although it may find the near optimal solutions much faster than other evolutionary algorithms. The modified PSO algorithm presented in this paper is able to find near optimal solutions as fast as the standard PSO and improve their quality in the later iterations. Compared with the standard PSO, benchmark tests are implemented and the result shows that our modified algorithm successfully prevents premature convergence and provides better solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationArtificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence - International Conference, AICI 2010, Proceedings
Pages293-301
Number of pages9
EditionPART 2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence, AICI 2010 - Sanya, China
Duration: 23 Oct 201024 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 2
Volume6320 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence, AICI 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period23/10/1024/10/10

Keywords

  • particle swarm optimization
  • premature convergence
  • quality of solutions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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