Hybrid artificial electric field algorithm with multi-population collaboration for function optimization and path planning

As an efficient meta-heuristic technique, artificial electric field algorithm (AEFA) has been extensively applied to tackle various challenging tasks posed by practical scenarios. However, in the classical AEFA, the fitness function has a cumulative effect on the charge, resulting in limited search capability. To address this issue, a modified AEFA (MAEFA) is presented in this paper. More specifically, a novel charge calculation scheme is introduced to overcome the cumulative effect by gradually distinguishing the charges of particles during the evolutionary process. Further, an alternating search strategy is developed to calculate the total electrostatic force, thereby reinforcing the guiding effect of excellent individuals on the entire population. Subsequently, the performance of MAEFA is investigated using 42 well-benchmarked functions, two chaotic time series prediction problems, and two engineering design problems. Experimental results reveal that MAEFA is more competitive in comparison with several established AEFAs and 20 popular meta-heuristic techniques.

A new method for optimizing the fuzzy PID controller, based on an artificial electric field algorithm (AEFA), is proposed in this paper, aiming at improving the stability indicator of the Brushless DC (BLDC) motor for the small satellite attitude control flywheel. The BLDC motor is the basic part of the small satellite attitude control flywheel. In order to accurately control the attitude of the small satellite, a good motor control system is very important. Firstly, the mathematical model of the BLDC motor is established and the BLDC motor speed control system using traditional PID control is designed. Secondly, considering that the small satellite speed control system is a nonlinear system, a fuzzy PID control is designed to solve the shortcomings of the fixed parameters of the traditional PID control. Finally, we find that the control accuracy of the fuzzy PID control will change with the range of the input. Therefore, we introduce the AEFA to optimize fuzzy PID to achieve high-precision attitude control of small satellites. By simulating the BLDC motor system, the proposed fuzzy PID controller based on AEFA is compared with the traditional PID controller and the fuzzy PID controller. Results from different controllers show that the proposed control method could effectively reduce steady state error. In addition, the proposed fuzzy PID–AEFA controller has the better anti-jamming capability.

Energy saving and management of water pumping networks

Opposition-based artificial electric field algorithm and its application to FOPID controller design for unstable magnetic ball suspension system

An effective design of hybrid renewable energy system using an improved Archimedes Optimization Algorithm: A case study of Farafra, Egypt

Recently, fast uptake of renewable energy sources (RES) in the world has introduced new difficulties and challenges; one of the most important challenges is providing economic energy with high efficiency and good quality. To reach this goal, many traditional and smart algorithms have been proposed and demonstrated their feasibility in obtaining the optimal solution. Therefore, this paper introduces an improved version of Bonobo Optimizer (BO) based on a quasi-oppositional method to solve the problem of designing a hybrid microgrid system including RES (photovoltaic (PV) panels, wind turbines (WT), and batteries) with diesel generators. A comparison between traditional BO, the Quasi-Oppositional BO (QOBO), and other optimization techniques called Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO), Artificial Electric Field Algorithm (AEFA) and Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO) is carried out to check the efficiency of the proposed QOBO. The QOBO is applied to a stand-alone hybrid microgrid system located in Aswan, Egypt. The results show the effectiveness of the QOBO algorithm to solve the optimal economic design problem for hybrid microgrid power systems.

Problems with maintaining frequency stability and guaranteeing reliable operation have emerged because of power system liberalization. A combination of factors, including rising supply and demand uncertainties, communication barriers, and an increasing number of market participants interested in decentralized control market-driven operations, has led to this situation. Variations and interference with attempts to regulate frequency may be caused by these factors. In order to address these issues, automatic generation control (AGC) has included a new method known as the artificial electric field algorithm (AEFA) to improve frequency stability and ensure optimum performance in a deregulated setting. Focusing on improving frequency stability and synchronizing power output with intended values from each producing unit, this strategy optimizes the gains used in AGC. This study looks at a deregulated electricity system that covers two area regions. The results of the experiments show that the AGC system with AEFA successfully lowers frequency fluctuations and increases overall frequency stability.

This paper presents the application of an artificial electric field algorithm (AEFA) optimized classical PID plus double derivative (DD) gain (PIDD) for load frequency control (LFC). Two-area realistic hydro thermal (TARHT) power system is considered and an investigation is carried out by subjugating the disturbance of 10% step load on area-1 (10%SLD). Efficacy of AEFA tuned PIDD is revealed with other classical PI and PID regulator performances. TARHT is analyzed for the conditions with and without deliberating the constraint of time delays (TDs). Simulation results reveal the predominance of TDs on TARHT system performance and the importance of its consideration is accentuated.

A hot topic in the process systems engineering community is the so called integration of decision levels. Industrial process systems are operated at different levels of decisions; in the lowest level, actual process operating conditions are chosen, while at the intermediate and higher level production and planning are strategically scheduled. Modeling and optimization at each of the levels is often done sequentially and this leads to the question whether optimization of individual levels will result in a 'global optimum'. For this reason integration is applied. Integration could mean that targets are closer to their global optima, but it also encompasses the increasing complexity of the overall optimization problem. This is the reason, that for many industrially scaled optimization problems, the approach is still on the basis of a sequential approach. In this paper we discuss, on the basis on patent literature of the last 20 years, which tools are available to handle these complex integrated optimization problems.

The robotic mobile fulfillment system (RMFS) is a new automatic warehousing system, a type of green technology, and an emerging trend in the logistics industry. In this study, we take an RMFS as the research object and combine the connected issues of storage location assignment and path planning into one optimization problem from the perspective of collaborative optimization. A sustainable mathematical model for the collaborative optimization of storage location assignment and path planning (COSLAPP) is established, which considers the relationship between the location assignment of goods and rack storage and path planning in an RMFS. On this basis, we propose a location assignment strategy for goods clustering and rack turnover, which utilizes reservation tables, sets AGV operation rules to resolve AGV running conflicts, and improves the A-star(A*) algorithm based on the node load to find the shortest path by which the AGV handling the racks can complete the order picking. Ultimately, simulation studies were performed to ascertain the effectiveness of COSLAPP in the RMFS; the results show that the new approach can significantly improve order picking efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and lessen the operating costs of the warehouse of a distribution center.

<abstract><p>With the widespread application of metaheuristic algorithms in engineering and scientific research, finding algorithms with efficient global search capabilities and precise local search performance has become a hot topic in research. The osprey optimization algorithm (OOA) was first proposed in 2023, characterized by its simple structure and strong optimization capability. However, practical tests have revealed that the OOA algorithm inevitably encounters common issues faced by metaheuristic algorithms, such as the tendency to fall into local optima and reduced population diversity in the later stages of the algorithm's iterations. To address these issues, a multi-strategy fusion improved osprey optimization algorithm is proposed (IOOA). First, the characteristics of various chaotic mappings were thoroughly explored, and the adoption of Circle chaotic mapping to replace pseudo-random numbers for population initialization improvement was proposed, increasing initial population diversity and improving the quality of initial solutions. Second, a dynamically adjustable elite guidance mechanism was proposed to dynamically adjust the position updating method according to different stages of the algorithm's iteration, ensuring the algorithm maintains good global search capabilities while significantly increasing the convergence speed of the algorithm. Lastly, a dynamic chaotic weight factor was designed and applied in the development stage of the original algorithm to enhance the algorithm's local search capability and improve the convergence accuracy of the algorithm. To fully verify the effectiveness and practical engineering applicability of the IOOA algorithm, simulation experiments were conducted using 21 benchmark test functions and the CEC-2022 benchmark functions, and the IOOA algorithm was applied to the LSTM power load forecasting problem as well as two engineering design problems. The experimental results show that the IOOA algorithm possesses outstanding global optimization performance in handling complex optimization problems and broad applicability in practical engineering applications.</p></abstract>

Traditional neural networks used gradient descent methods to train the network structure, which cannot handle complex optimization problems. We proposed an improved grey wolf optimizer (SGWO) to explore a better network structure. GWO was improved by using circle population initialization, information interaction mechanism and adaptive position update to enhance the search performance of the algorithm. SGWO was applied to optimize Elman network structure, and a new prediction method (SGWO-Elman) was proposed. The convergence of SGWO was analyzed by mathematical theory, and the optimization ability of SGWO and the prediction performance of SGWO-Elman were examined using comparative experiments. The results show: (1) the global convergence probability of SGWO was 1, and its process was a finite homogeneous Markov chain with an absorption state; (2) SGWO not only has better optimization performance when solving complex functions of different dimensions, but also when applied to Elman for parameter optimization, SGWO can significantly optimize the network structure and SGWO-Elman has accurate prediction performance.

This paper proposes an improved algorithm applied to path planning for the inspection of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in urban pipe corridors, which introduces a collaborative game between spherical vector particle swarm optimization (SPSO) and differential evolution (DE) algorithms. Firstly, a high-precision 3D grid map model of urban pipe corridors is constructed based on the actual urban situation. Secondly, the cost function is formulated, and the constraints for ensuring the safe and smooth inspection of UAVs are proposed to transform path planning into an optimization problem. Finally, a hybrid algorithm of SPSO and DE algorithms based on the Nash bargaining theory is proposed by introducing a cooperative game model for optimizing the cost function to plan the optimal path of UAV inspection in complex urban pipe corridors. To evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm (GSPSODE), the SPSO, DE, genetic algorithm (GA), and ant colony optimization (ACO) are compared with GSPSODE, and the results show that GSPSODE is superior to other methods in UAV inspection path planning. However, the selection of algorithm parameters, the difference in the experimental environment, and the randomness of experimental results may affect the accuracy of experimental results. In addition, a high-precision urban pipe corridors scenario is constructed based on the RflySim platform to dynamically simulate the optimal path planning of UAV inspection in real urban pipe corridors.

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The multi-robot path planning problem is an NP-hard problem. The coati optimization algorithm (COA) is a novel metaheuristic algorithm and has been successfully applied in many fields. To solve multi-robot path planning optimization problems, we embed two differential evolution (DE) strategies into COA, a self-adaptive differential evolution-based coati optimization algorithm (SDECOA) is proposed. Among these strategies, the proposed algorithm adaptively selects more suitable strategies for different problems, effectively balancing global and local search capabilities. To validate the algorithm’s effectiveness, we tested it on CEC2020 benchmark functions and 48 CEC2020 real-world constrained optimization problems. In the latter’s experiments, the algorithm proposed in this paper achieved the best overall results compared to the top five algorithms that won in the CEC2020 competition. Finally, we applied SDECOA to optimization multi-robot online path planning problem. Facing extreme environments with multiple static and dynamic obstacles of varying sizes, the SDECOA algorithm consistently outperformed some classical and state-of-the-art algorithms. Compared to DE and COA, the proposed algorithm achieved an average improvement of 46% and 50%, respectively. Through extensive experimental testing, it was confirmed that our proposed algorithm is highly competitive. The source code of the algorithm is accessible at: https://ww2.mathworks.cn/matlabcentral/fileexchange/164876-HDECOA.