Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2017/v10i18/104743
Year: 2017, Volume: 10, Issue: 18, Pages: 1-16
Original Article
Pravesh Kumar1*, Millie Pant2 , Musrrat Ali3 and H. P. Singh4
1Department of Mathematics, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida – 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India; [email protected] 2Department of Applied Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee – 247667, Uttarakhand, India; [email protected] 3School of Technology, Glocal University, Saharanpur – 2471001, Uttar Pradesh, India; [email protected] 4Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi –110007, India; [email protected]
*Author for the correspondence:
Pravesh Kumar
Department of Mathematics, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida – 201301, Uttar Pradesh, India; [email protected]
Objectives: Differential Evolution (DE) algorithm has came out as a robust, effective and well-organized computational technique for solving global optimization problems. However, similar to other evolutionary algorithms of the same genre, DE has some inherent drawbacks like slow/ premature convergence, stagnation of population etc. due to its probabilistic nature. This paper aims to decrease the drawbacks and hence enhance the working of DE algorithm in term of convergence speed and accuracy of result. Method: This paper presents two improved versions of DE named Differential evolution with weighted base vector (DEwB-1) and DEwB-2 which adapts novel mutation scheme and self adaptive approach to control DE parameters. Findings: The corresponding DE versions are tested on 13 standard unconstrained problems as suggested in various literatures and a real life molecular potential energy problem. The numerical and statistical results expose that the proposed modifications assist in improving the performance of basic DE algorithm. Application: The variants can apply on more complex and constrained optimization problems.
Keywords: Differential Evolution, Global Optimization, Molecular Potential Energy Problem, Mutation, Weighted Base Vector
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