IEEE Access,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11, P. 88711 - 88729
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Differential
Evolution(DE)
is
a
widely
used
technique
to
tackle
complex
optimization
problems
owing
its
easy-implementation
and
excellent
performance,
nevertheless,
the
inborn
weakness
of
crossover
operation
has
not
been
solved
even
in
recent
state-of-the-art
DE
algorithms.
There
are
two
commonly
schemes
DE,
exponential
binomial
crossover.
The
actually
combination
1-point
2-point
originated
with
GA,
it
positional
bias
because
dependence
on
parameter
separation.
tackles
by
separating
each
dimension
separately
treating
them
independently,
however,
still
exists
from
higher
dimensional
view,
we
name
selection
bias,
that
reason
why
QUATRE
algorithm
was
proposed.
evolution
matrix
primary
component
which
solves
previous
variants
suffer
adaptation
can
be
able
escape
some
local
optima
optimization.
Therefore,
this
paper
proposes
new
better
adaptations
control
parameter,
moreover,
perturbation
mechanism
firstly
proposed
for
enhancement
population
diversity.
main
contributions
our
summarized
as
follows.
First,
generation
proposed,
obtain
landscape
objectives
help
jump
out
optima.
Second,
novel
parameters
also
incorporating
historical
memory
reduction.
Third,
enhance
In
order
validate
algorithm,
intensive
experiments
conducted
under
88
benchmark
functions
universal
CEC2013,
CEC2014,
CEC2017
test
suites
comparison
several
variants,
results
support
superiority.
IEEE Access,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12, P. 31589 - 31604
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Confronted
with
the
challenges
posed
by
climate
change
and
ongoing
energy
transition,
solar
is
one
of
important
new
sources,
tower
power
plant
has
become
an
innovative
solution
to
promote
clean
development.
The
optimization
heliostat
field
layout
constitutes
a
crucial
aspect
in
enhancing
operational
efficiency
concentrated
plant.
Currently,
garnered
widespread
attention.
In
this
paper,
we
propose
swarm
algorithm
niching
elite
competition
called
NECSO
solve
large-scale
optimization.
First,
aiming
increase
diversity
heterogeneity
within
population,
employ
random
grouping
strategy
partition
population
into
distinct
sub-swarms.
Then,
design
mechanism
harmonize
performance
exploration.
carried
out
any
sub-swarm
enhance
explorability
particles.
occurs
between
elites
which
select
from
each
improve
convergence
Additionally,
develop
mathematical
model
for
layout.
This
employs
currently
advanced
computational
methods,
facilitating
prompt
precise
calculation
optical
To
evaluate
NECSO,
15
practical
cases
varying
scales.
And
then,
conduct
comparative
experiments
eight
mainstream
excellent
algorithms.
results
indicate
that
exhibits
competitive
solving
optimization,
particularly
cases.