Full factorial experimental design for parameters selection of Harmony Search Algorithm

Authors

  • Aphirak Khadwilard Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Tak
  • Pongchanun Luangpaiboon Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University
  • Pupong Pongcharoen Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University

Abstract

Abstract

Metaheuristic may be defined as an iterative search process that intelligently performs the exploration and exploitation in the solution space aiming to efficiently find near optimal solutions. Various natural intelligences and inspirations have been artificially embedded into the iterative process. In this work, Harmony Search Algorithm (HSA), which is based on the melody fine tuning conducted by musicians for optimising the synchronisation of the music, was adopted to find optimal solutions of nine benchmarking non-linear continuous mathematical models including two-, three- and four-dimensions. Considering the solution space in a specified region, some models contained a global optimum and multi local optima. A series of computational experiments was used to systematically identify the best parameters of HSA and to compare its performance with other metaheuristics including the Shuffled Frog Leaping (SFL) and the Memetic Algorithm (MA) in terms of the mean and variance of the solutions obtained.

Keywords : Harmony Search algorithm, Shuffled Frog Leaping, Memetic Algorithm, Metaheuristics, Optimisation
(selected from 1st Symposium on Hands-on Research and Development, Chiang Mai

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Published

2012-11-05

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2: May - August 2012

Section

บทความวิจัย (Research article)

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