An improved water wave optimisation algorithm enhanced by CMA-ES and opposition-based learning

Water Wave Optimisation algorithm (WWO) is a new swarm-based metaheuristic inspired by shallow wave models for global optimisation. In this paper, an enhanced WWO, which combines with multiple assistant strategies (EWWO), is proposed. First, the random opposition-based learning (ROBL) mechanism is i...

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Main Authors: Fuqing Zhao, Lixin Zhang, Yi Zhang, Weimin Ma, Chuck Zhang, Houbin Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-04-01
Series:Connection Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2019.1674247
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Summary:Water Wave Optimisation algorithm (WWO) is a new swarm-based metaheuristic inspired by shallow wave models for global optimisation. In this paper, an enhanced WWO, which combines with multiple assistant strategies (EWWO), is proposed. First, the random opposition-based learning (ROBL) mechanism is introduced to generate the initial population with high quality. Second, a new modified operation is designed and embedded into propagation operation to balance the global exploration and the local exploitation. Third, the covariance matrix self-adaptation evolution strategy (CMA-ES) is employed by the refraction operation to further strengthen the local exploitation. Furthermore, the diversity of the population is maintained in the evolution process by using a crossover operator. The experiment results based on CEC 2017 benchmarks indicate that the EWWO outperforms the state-of-the-art variant algorithms of the WWO and the standard WWO.
ISSN:0954-0091
1360-0494