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13,702
Linear Antenna Array with Suppressed Sidelobe and Sideband Levels using Time Modulation
cs.NE
In this paper, the goal is to achieve an ultra low sidelobe level (SLL) and sideband levels (SBL) of a time modulated linear antenna array. The approach followed here is not to give fixed level of excitation to the elements of an array, but to change it dynamically with time. The excitation levels of the different arra...
computer science
13,703
Genetic Algorithm for Designing a Convenient Facility Layout for a Circular Flow Path
cs.NE
In this paper, we present a heuristic for designing facility layouts that are convenient for designing a unidirectional loop for material handling. We use genetic algorithm where the objective function and crossover and mutation operators have all been designed specifically for this purpose. Our design is made under fl...
computer science
13,704
Memory Capacity of a Random Neural Network
cs.NE
This paper considers the problem of information capacity of a random neural network. The network is represented by matrices that are square and symmetrical. The matrices have a weight which determines the highest and lowest possible value found in the matrix. The examined matrices are randomly generated and analyzed by...
computer science
13,705
A Bayesian Interpretation of the Particle Swarm Optimization and Its Kernel Extension
cs.NE
Particle swarm optimization is a popular method for solving difficult optimization problems. There have been attempts to formulate the method in formal probabilistic or stochastic terms (e.g. bare bones particle swarm) with the aim to achieve more generality and explain the practical behavior of the method. Here we pre...
computer science
13,706
Storing cycles in Hopfield-type networks with pseudoinverse learning rule: admissibility and network topology
cs.NE
Cyclic patterns of neuronal activity are ubiquitous in animal nervous systems, and partially responsible for generating and controlling rhythmic movements such as locomotion, respiration, swallowing and so on. Clarifying the role of the network connectivities for generating cyclic patterns is fundamental for understand...
computer science
13,707
A Hybrid Bacterial Foraging Algorithm For Solving Job Shop Scheduling Problems
cs.NE
Bio-Inspired computing is the subset of Nature-Inspired computing. Job Shop Scheduling Problem is categorized under popular scheduling problems. In this research work, Bacterial Foraging Optimization was hybridized with Ant Colony Optimization and a new technique Hybrid Bacterial Foraging Optimization for solving Job S...
computer science
13,708
Ecosystem-Oriented Distributed Evolutionary Computing
cs.NE
We create a novel optimisation technique inspired by natural ecosystems, where the optimisation works at two levels: a first optimisation, migration of genes which are distributed in a peer-to-peer network, operating continuously in time; this process feeds a second optimisation based on evolutionary computing that ope...
computer science
13,709
Erratum: Simplified Drift Analysis for Proving Lower Bounds in Evolutionary Computation
cs.NE
This erratum points out an error in the simplified drift theorem (SDT) [Algorithmica 59(3), 369-386, 2011]. It is also shown that a minor modification of one of its conditions is sufficient to establish a valid result. In many respects, the new theorem is more general than before. We no longer assume a Markov process n...
computer science
13,710
Comparing various regression methods on ensemble strategies in differential evolution
cs.NE
Differential evolution possesses a multitude of various strategies for generating new trial solutions. Unfortunately, the best strategy is not known in advance. Moreover, this strategy usually depends on the problem to be solved. This paper suggests using various regression methods (like random forest, extremely random...
computer science
13,711
General Drift Analysis with Tail Bounds
cs.NE
Drift analysis is one of the state-of-the-art techniques for the runtime analysis of randomized search heuristics (RSHs) such as evolutionary algorithms (EAs), simulated annealing etc. The vast majority of existing drift theorems yield bounds on the expected value of the hitting time for a target state, e.g., the set o...
computer science
13,712
Non-Elitist Genetic Algorithm as a Local Search Method
cs.NE
Sufficient conditions are found under which the iterated non-elitist genetic algorithm with tournament selection first visits a local optimum in polynomially bounded time on average. It is shown that these conditions are satisfied on a class of problems with guaranteed local optima (GLO) if appropriate parameters of th...
computer science
13,713
A Brief Review of Nature-Inspired Algorithms for Optimization
cs.NE
Swarm intelligence and bio-inspired algorithms form a hot topic in the developments of new algorithms inspired by nature. These nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms can be based on swarm intelligence, biological systems, physical and chemical systems. Therefore, these algorithms can be called swarm-intelligence-bas...
computer science
13,714
The Fitness Level Method with Tail Bounds
cs.NE
The fitness-level method, also called the method of f-based partitions, is an intuitive and widely used technique for the running time analysis of randomized search heuristics. It was originally defined to prove upper and lower bounds on the expected running time. Recently, upper tail bounds were added to the technique...
computer science
13,715
A new approach in dynamic traveling salesman problem: a hybrid of ant colony optimization and descending gradient
cs.NE
Nowadays swarm intelligence-based algorithms are being used widely to optimize the dynamic traveling salesman problem (DTSP). In this paper, we have used mixed method of Ant Colony Optimization (AOC)and gradient descent to optimize DTSP which differs with ACO algorithm in evaporation rate and innovative data. This appr...
computer science
13,716
Neural Network Capacity for Multilevel Inputs
cs.NE
This paper examines the memory capacity of generalized neural networks. Hopfield networks trained with a variety of learning techniques are investigated for their capacity both for binary and non-binary alphabets. It is shown that the capacity can be much increased when multilevel inputs are used. New learning strategi...
computer science
13,717
The Novel Approach of Adaptive Twin Probability for Genetic Algorithm
cs.NE
The performance of GA is measured and analyzed in terms of its performance parameters against variations in its genetic operators and associated parameters. Since last four decades huge numbers of researchers have been working on the performance of GA and its enhancement. This earlier research work on analyzing the per...
computer science
13,718
Green Heron Swarm Optimization Algorithm - State-of-the-Art of a New Nature Inspired Discrete Meta-Heuristics
cs.NE
Many real world problems are NP-Hard problems are a very large part of them can be represented as graph based problems. This makes graph theory a very important and prevalent field of study. In this work a new bio-inspired meta-heuristics called Green Heron Swarm Optimization (GHOSA) Algorithm is being introduced which...
computer science
13,719
An Adaptive Amoeba Algorithm for Shortest Path Tree Computation in Dynamic Graphs
cs.NE
This paper presents an adaptive amoeba algorithm to address the shortest path tree (SPT) problem in dynamic graphs. In dynamic graphs, the edge weight updates consists of three categories: edge weight increases, edge weight decreases, the mixture of them. Existing work on this problem solve this issue through analyzing...
computer science
13,720
Q-Gaussian Swarm Quantum Particle Intelligence on Predicting Global Minimum of Potential Energy Function
cs.NE
We present a newly developed -Gaussian Swarm Quantum-like Particle Optimization (q-GSQPO) algorithm to determine the global minimum of the potential energy function. Swarm Quantum-like Particle Optimization (SQPO) algorithms have been derived using different attractive potential fields to represent swarm particles movi...
computer science
13,721
Polyhedrons and Perceptrons Are Functionally Equivalent
cs.NE
Mathematical definitions of polyhedrons and perceptron networks are discussed. The formalization of polyhedrons is done in a rather traditional way. For networks, previously proposed systems are developed. Perceptron networks in disjunctive normal form (DNF) and conjunctive normal forms (CNF) are introduced. The main t...
computer science
13,722
How Santa Fe Ants Evolve
cs.NE
The Santa Fe Ant model problem has been extensively used to investigate, test and evaluate Evolutionary Computing systems and methods over the past two decades. There is however no literature on its program structures that are systematically used for fitness improvement, the geometries of those structures and their dyn...
computer science
13,723
A preliminary survey on optimized multiobjective metaheuristic methods for data clustering using evolutionary approaches
cs.NE
The present survey provides the state-of-the-art of research, copiously devoted to Evolutionary Approach (EAs) for clustering exemplified with a diversity of evolutionary computations. The Survey provides a nomenclature that highlights some aspects that are very important in the context of evolutionary data clustering....
computer science
13,724
CACO : Competitive Ant Colony Optimization, A Nature-Inspired Metaheuristic For Large-Scale Global Optimization
cs.NE
Large-scale problems are nonlinear problems that need metaheuristics, or global optimization algorithms. This paper reviews nature-inspired metaheuristics, then it introduces a framework named Competitive Ant Colony Optimization inspired by the chemical communications among insects. Then a case study is presented to in...
computer science
13,725
A natural-inspired optimization machine based on the annual migration of salmons in nature
cs.NE
Bio inspiration is a branch of artificial simulation science that shows pervasive contributions to variety of engineering fields such as automate pattern recognition, systematic fault detection and applied optimization. In this paper, a new metaheuristic optimizing algorithm that is the simulation of The Great Salmon R...
computer science
13,726
An introduction to synchronous self-learning Pareto strategy
cs.NE
In last decades optimization and control of complex systems that possessed various conflicted objectives simultaneously attracted an incremental interest of scientists. This is because of the vast applications of these systems in various fields of real life engineering phenomena that are generally multi modal, non conv...
computer science
13,727
Autonomous Quantum Perceptron Neural Network
cs.NE
Recently, with the rapid development of technology, there are a lot of applications require to achieve low-cost learning. However the computational power of classical artificial neural networks, they are not capable to provide low-cost learning. In contrast, quantum neural networks may be representing a good computatio...
computer science
13,728
My First Deep Learning System of 1991 + Deep Learning Timeline 1962-2013
cs.NE
Deep Learning has attracted significant attention in recent years. Here I present a brief overview of my first Deep Learner of 1991, and its historic context, with a timeline of Deep Learning highlights.
computer science
13,729
Optimal parameter selection for unsupervised neural network using genetic algorithm
cs.NE
K-means Fast Learning Artificial Neural Network (K-FLANN) is an unsupervised neural network requires two parameters: tolerance and vigilance. Best Clustering results are feasible only by finest parameters specified to the neural network. Selecting optimal values for these parameters is a major problem. To solve this is...
computer science
13,730
A comprehensive review of firefly algorithms
cs.NE
The firefly algorithm has become an increasingly important tool of Swarm Intelligence that has been applied in almost all areas of optimization, as well as engineering practice. Many problems from various areas have been successfully solved using the firefly algorithm and its variants. In order to use the algorithm to ...
computer science
13,731
From ADP to the Brain: Foundations, Roadmap, Challenges and Research Priorities
cs.NE
This paper defines and discusses Mouse Level Computational Intelligence (MLCI) as a grand challenge for the coming century. It provides a specific roadmap to reach that target, citing relevant work and review papers and discussing the relation to funding priorities in two NSF funding activities: the ongoing Energy, Pow...
computer science
13,732
A Novel Genetic Algorithm using Helper Objectives for the 0-1 Knapsack Problem
cs.NE
The 0-1 knapsack problem is a well-known combinatorial optimisation problem. Approximation algorithms have been designed for solving it and they return provably good solutions within polynomial time. On the other hand, genetic algorithms are well suited for solving the knapsack problem and they find reasonably good sol...
computer science
13,733
A Theoretical Assessment of Solution Quality in Evolutionary Algorithms for the Knapsack Problem
cs.NE
Evolutionary algorithms are well suited for solving the knapsack problem. Some empirical studies claim that evolutionary algorithms can produce good solutions to the 0-1 knapsack problem. Nonetheless, few rigorous investigations address the quality of solutions that evolutionary algorithms may produce for the knapsack ...
computer science
13,734
An effective AHP-based metaheuristic approach to solve supplier selection problem
cs.NE
The supplier selection problem is based on electing the best supplier from a group of pre-specified candidates, is identified as a Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), is proportionately significant in terms of qualitative and quantitative attributes. It is a fundamental issue to achieve a trade-off between such quan...
computer science
13,735
Influence of the learning method in the performance of feedforward neural networks when the activity of neurons is modified
cs.NE
A method that allows us to give a different treatment to any neuron inside feedforward neural networks is presented. The algorithm has been implemented with two very different learning methods: a standard Back-propagation (BP) procedure and an evolutionary algorithm. First, we have demonstrated that the EA training met...
computer science
13,736
A Computationally Efficient Limited Memory CMA-ES for Large Scale Optimization
cs.NE
We propose a computationally efficient limited memory Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy for large scale optimization, which we call the LM-CMA-ES. The LM-CMA-ES is a stochastic, derivative-free algorithm for numerical optimization of non-linear, non-convex optimization problems in continuous domain. Inspi...
computer science
13,737
Codynamic Fitness Landscapes of Coevolutionary Minimal Substrates
cs.NE
Coevolutionary minimal substrates are simple and abstract models that allow studying the relationships and codynamics between objective and subjective fitness. Using these models an approach is presented for defining and analyzing fitness landscapes of coevolutionary problems. We devise similarity measures of codynamic...
computer science
13,738
Input anticipating critical reservoirs show power law forgetting of unexpected input events
cs.NE
Usually, reservoir computing shows an exponential memory decay. This paper investigates under which circumstances echo state networks can show a power law forgetting. That means traces of earlier events can be found in the reservoir for very long time spans. Such a setting requires critical connectivity exactly at the ...
computer science
13,739
A semantic network-based evolutionary algorithm for computational creativity
cs.NE
We introduce a novel evolutionary algorithm (EA) with a semantic network-based representation. For enabling this, we establish new formulations of EA variation operators, crossover and mutation, that we adapt to work on semantic networks. The algorithm employs commonsense reasoning to ensure all operations preserve the...
computer science
13,740
Information Transfer in Swarms with Leaders
cs.NE
Swarm dynamics is the study of collections of agents that interact with one another without central control. In natural systems, insects, birds, fish and other large mammals function in larger units to increase the overall fitness of the individuals. Their behavior is coordinated through local interactions to enhance m...
computer science
13,741
Navigating Robot Swarms Using Collective Intelligence Learned from Golden Shiner Fish
cs.NE
Navigating networked robot swarms often requires knowing where to go, sensing the environment, and path-planning based on the destination and barriers in the environment. Such a process is computationally intensive. Moreover, as the network scales up, the computational load increases quadratically, or even exponentiall...
computer science
13,742
Dispersion and Line Formation in Artificial Swarm Intelligence
cs.NE
One of the major motifs in collective or swarm intelligence is that, even though individuals follow simple rules, the resulting global behavior can be complex and intelligent. In artificial swarm systems, such as swarm robots, the goal is to use systems that are as simple and cheap as possible, deploy many of them, and...
computer science
13,743
Block matching algorithm for motion estimation based on Artificial Bee Colony (ABC)
cs.NE
Block matching (BM) motion estimation plays a very important role in video coding. In a BM approach, image frames in a video sequence are divided into blocks. For each block in the current frame, the best matching block is identified inside a region of the previous frame, aiming to minimize the sum of absolute differen...
computer science
13,744
Supervised learning in Spiking Neural Networks with Limited Precision: SNN/LP
cs.NE
A new supervised learning algorithm, SNN/LP, is proposed for Spiking Neural Networks. This novel algorithm uses limited precision for both synaptic weights and synaptic delays; 3 bits in each case. Also a genetic algorithm is used for the supervised training. The results are comparable or better than previously publish...
computer science
13,745
A Proposed Infrastructure for Adding Online Interaction to Any Evolutionary Domain
cs.NE
To address the difficulty of creating online collaborative evolutionary systems, this paper presents a new prototype library called Worldwide Infrastructure for Neuroevolution (WIN) and its accompanying site WIN Online (http://winark.org/). The WIN library is a collection of software packages built on top of Node.js th...
computer science
13,746
Charge Scheduling of an Energy Storage System under Time-of-use Pricing and a Demand Charge
cs.NE
A real-coded genetic algorithm is used to schedule the charging of an energy storage system (ESS), operated in tandem with renewable power by an electricity consumer who is subject to time-of-use pricing and a demand charge. Simulations based on load and generation profiles of typical residential customers show that an...
computer science
13,747
Uncertainty And Evolutionary Optimization: A Novel Approach
cs.NE
Evolutionary algorithms (EA) have been widely accepted as efficient solvers for complex real world optimization problems, including engineering optimization. However, real world optimization problems often involve uncertain environment including noisy and/or dynamic environments, which pose major challenges to EA-based...
computer science
13,748
Global optimization using Lévy flights
cs.NE
This paper studies a class of enhanced diffusion processes in which random walkers perform L\'evy flights and apply it for global optimization. L\'evy flights offer controlled balance between exploitation and exploration. We develop four optimization algorithms based on such properties. We compare new algorithms with t...
computer science
13,749
Improved Onlooker Bee Phase in Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm
cs.NE
Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) is a distinguished optimization strategy that can resolve nonlinear and multifaceted problems. It is comparatively a straightforward and modern population based probabilistic approach for comprehensive optimization. In the vein of the other population based algorithms, ABC is moreover comput...
computer science
13,750
Deep Recurrent Neural Networks for Time Series Prediction
cs.NE
Ability of deep networks to extract high level features and of recurrent networks to perform time-series inference have been studied. In view of universality of one hidden layer network at approximating functions under weak constraints, the benefit of multiple layers is to enlarge the space of dynamical systems approxi...
computer science
13,751
Trainable and Dynamic Computing: Error Backpropagation through Physical Media
cs.NE
Machine learning algorithms, and more in particular neural networks, arguably experience a revolution in terms of performance. Currently, the best systems we have for speech recognition, computer vision and similar problems are based on neural networks, trained using the half-century old backpropagation algorithm. Desp...
computer science
13,752
A Numerical Optimization Algorithm Inspired by the Strawberry Plant
cs.NE
This paper proposes a new numerical optimization algorithm inspired by the strawberry plant for solving complicated engineering problems. Plants like strawberry develop both runners and roots for propagation and search for water resources and minerals. In these plants, runners and roots can be thought of as tools for g...
computer science
13,753
A CUDA-Based Real Parameter Optimization Benchmark
cs.NE
Benchmarking is key for developing and comparing optimization algorithms. In this paper, a CUDA-based real parameter optimization benchmark (cuROB) is introduced. Test functions of diverse properties are included within cuROB and implemented efficiently with CUDA. Speedup of one order of magnitude can be achieved in co...
computer science
13,754
Towards a Calculus of Echo State Networks
cs.NE
Reservoir computing is a recent trend in neural networks which uses the dynamical perturbations on the phase space of a system to compute a desired target function. We present how one can formulate an expectation of system performance in a simple class of reservoir computing called echo state networks. In contrast with...
computer science
13,755
Storing sequences in binary tournament-based neural networks
cs.NE
An extension to a recently introduced architecture of clique-based neural networks is presented. This extension makes it possible to store sequences with high efficiency. To obtain this property, network connections are provided with orientation and with flexible redundancy carried by both spatial and temporal redundan...
computer science
13,756
Tunably Rugged Landscapes with Known Maximum and Minimum
cs.NE
We propose NM landscapes as a new class of tunably rugged benchmark problems. NM landscapes are well-defined on alphabets of any arity, including both discrete and real-valued alphabets, include epistasis in a natural and transparent manner, are proven to have known value and location of the global maximum and, with so...
computer science
13,757
An Experimental Study of Adaptive Control for Evolutionary Algorithms
cs.NE
The balance of exploration versus exploitation (EvE) is a key issue on evolutionary computation. In this paper we will investigate how an adaptive controller aimed to perform Operator Selection can be used to dynamically manage the EvE balance required by the search, showing that the search strategies determined by thi...
computer science
13,758
Recurrent Neural Network Regularization
cs.NE
We present a simple regularization technique for Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) units. Dropout, the most successful technique for regularizing neural networks, does not work well with RNNs and LSTMs. In this paper, we show how to correctly apply dropout to LSTMs, and show that it su...
computer science
13,759
Particle Swarm Optimized Fuzzy Controller for Indirect Vector Control of Multilevel Inverter Fed Induction Motor
cs.NE
The Particle Swarm Optimized (PSO) fuzzy controller has been proposed for indirect vector control of induction motor. In this proposed scheme a Neutral Point Clamped (NPC) multilevel inverter is used and hysteresis current control technique has been adopted for switching the IGBTs. A Mamdani type fuzzy controller is us...
computer science
13,760
eAnt-Miner : An Ensemble Ant-Miner to Improve the ACO Classification
cs.NE
Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) has been applied in supervised learning in order to induce classification rules as well as decision trees, named Ant-Miners. Although these are competitive classifiers, the stability of these classifiers is an important concern that owes to their stochastic nature. In this paper, to addres...
computer science
13,761
An improved genetic algorithm with a local optimization strategy and an extra mutation level for solving traveling salesman problem
cs.NE
The Traveling salesman problem (TSP) is proved to be NP-complete in most cases. The genetic algorithm (GA) is one of the most useful algorithms for solving this problem. In this paper a conventional GA is compared with an improved hybrid GA in solving TSP. The improved or hybrid GA consist of conventional GA and two lo...
computer science
13,762
An OvS-MultiObjective Algorithm Approach for Lane Reversal Problem
cs.NE
The lane reversal has proven to be a useful method to mitigate traffic congestion during rush hour or in case of specific events that affect high traffic volumes. In this work we propose a methodology that is placed within optimization via Simulation, by means of which a multi-objective genetic algorithm and simulation...
computer science
13,763
Selection of Most Appropriate Backpropagation Training Algorithm in Data Pattern Recognition
cs.NE
There are several training algorithms for backpropagation method in neural network. Not all of these algorithms have the same accuracy level demonstrated through the percentage level of suitability in recognizing patterns in the data. In this research tested 12 training algorithms specifically in recognize data pattern...
computer science
13,764
A High-Level Model of Neocortical Feedback Based on an Event Window Segmentation Algorithm
cs.NE
The author previously presented an event window segmentation (EWS) algorithm [5] that uses purely statistical methods to learn to recognize recurring patterns in an input stream of events. In the following discussion, the EWS algorithm is first extended to make predictions about future events. Next, this extended algor...
computer science
13,765
An Analysis on Selection for High-Resolution Approximations in Many-Objective Optimization
cs.NE
This work studies the behavior of three elitist multi- and many-objective evolutionary algorithms generating a high-resolution approximation of the Pareto optimal set. Several search-assessment indicators are defined to trace the dynamics of survival selection and measure the ability to simultaneously keep optimal solu...
computer science
13,766
Combating Corrupt Messages in Sparse Clustered Associative Memories
cs.NE
In this paper we analyze and extend the neural network based associative memory proposed by Gripon and Berrou. This associative memory resembles the celebrated Willshaw model with an added partite cluster structure. In the literature, two retrieving schemes have been proposed for the network dynamics, namely sum-of-sum...
computer science
13,767
Reservoir Computing using Cellular Automata
cs.NE
We introduce a novel framework of reservoir computing. Cellular automaton is used as the reservoir of dynamical systems. Input is randomly projected onto the initial conditions of automaton cells and nonlinear computation is performed on the input via application of a rule in the automaton for a period of time. The evo...
computer science
13,768
Enhanced Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm based on Decomposition for Solving the Unit Commitment Problem
cs.NE
The unit commitment (UC) problem is a nonlinear, high-dimensional, highly constrained, mixed-integer power system optimization problem and is generally solved in the literature considering minimizing the system operation cost as the only objective. However, due to increasing environmental concerns, the recent attention...
computer science
13,769
Evolvability signatures of generative encodings: beyond standard performance benchmarks
cs.NE
Evolutionary robotics is a promising approach to autonomously synthesize machines with abilities that resemble those of animals, but the field suffers from a lack of strong foundations. In particular, evolutionary systems are currently assessed solely by the fitness score their evolved artifacts can achieve for a speci...
computer science
13,770
Neural Turing Machines
cs.NE
We extend the capabilities of neural networks by coupling them to external memory resources, which they can interact with by attentional processes. The combined system is analogous to a Turing Machine or Von Neumann architecture but is differentiable end-to-end, allowing it to be efficiently trained with gradient desce...
computer science
13,771
Improvement of PSO algorithm by memory based gradient search - application in inventory management
cs.NE
Advanced inventory management in complex supply chains requires effective and robust nonlinear optimization due to the stochastic nature of supply and demand variations. Application of estimated gradients can boost up the convergence of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm but classical gradient calculation cann...
computer science
13,772
Neuroevolution in Games: State of the Art and Open Challenges
cs.NE
This paper surveys research on applying neuroevolution (NE) to games. In neuroevolution, artificial neural networks are trained through evolutionary algorithms, taking inspiration from the way biological brains evolved. We analyse the application of NE in games along five different axes, which are the role NE is chosen...
computer science
13,773
Cuckoo Search Inspired Hybridization of the Nelder-Mead Simplex Algorithm Applied to Optimization of Photovoltaic Cells
cs.NE
A new hybridization of the Cuckoo Search (CS) is developed and applied to optimize multi-cell solar systems; namely multi-junction and split spectrum cells. The new approach consists of combining the CS with the Nelder-Mead method. More precisely, instead of using single solutions as nests for the CS, we use the concep...
computer science
13,774
Accelerating the ANT Colony Optimization By Smart ANTs, Using Genetic Operator
cs.NE
This paper research review Ant colony optimization (ACO) and Genetic Algorithm (GA), both are two powerful meta-heuristics. This paper explains some major defects of these two algorithm at first then proposes a new model for ACO in which, artificial ants use a quick genetic operator and accelerate their actions in sele...
computer science
13,775
Using Ants as a Genetic Crossover Operator in GLS to Solve STSP
cs.NE
Ant Colony Algorithm (ACA) and Genetic Local Search (GLS) are two optimization algorithms that have been successfully applied to the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP). In this paper we define new crossover operator then redefine ACAs ants as operate according to defined crossover operator then put forward our GLS that u...
computer science
13,776
Diversity Handling In Evolutionary Landscape
cs.NE
The search ability of an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) depends on the variation among the individuals in the population. Maintaining an optimal level of diversity in the EA population is imperative to ensure that progress of the EA search is unhindered by premature convergence to suboptimal solutions. Clearer understandi...
computer science
13,777
Application of Multi-core Parallel Programming to a Combination of Ant Colony Optimization and Genetic Algorithm
cs.NE
This Paper will deal with a combination of Ant Colony and Genetic Programming Algorithm to optimize Travelling Salesmen problem (NP-Hard). However, the complexity of the algorithm requires considerable computational time and resources. Parallel implementation can reduce the computational time. In this paper, emphasis i...
computer science
13,778
Model of Interaction between Learning and Evolution
cs.NE
The model of interaction between learning and evolutionary optimization is designed and investigated. The evolving population of modeled organisms is considered. The mechanism of the genetic assimilation of the acquired features during a number of generations of Darwinian evolution is studied. It is shown that the gene...
computer science
13,779
Echo State Condition at the Critical Point
cs.NE
Recurrent networks with transfer functions that fulfill the Lipschitz continuity with K=1 may be echo state networks if certain limitations on the recurrent connectivity are applied. It has been shown that it is sufficient if the largest singular value of the recurrent connectivity is smaller than 1. The main achieveme...
computer science
13,780
Scalability of using Restricted Boltzmann Machines for Combinatorial Optimization
cs.NE
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs) require flexible probability models that can be efficiently learned and sampled. Restricted Boltzmann Machines (RBMs) are generative neural networks with these desired properties. We integrate an RBM into an EDA and evaluate the performance of this system in solving combinat...
computer science
13,781
Seeding the Initial Population of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms: A Computational Study
cs.NE
Most experimental studies initialize the population of evolutionary algorithms with random genotypes. In practice, however, optimizers are typically seeded with good candidate solutions either previously known or created according to some problem-specific method. This "seeding" has been studied extensively for single-o...
computer science
13,782
Learning Precise Spike Train to Spike Train Transformations in Multilayer Feedforward Neuronal Networks
cs.NE
We derive a synaptic weight update rule for learning temporally precise spike train to spike train transformations in multilayer feedforward networks of spiking neurons. The framework, aimed at seamlessly generalizing error backpropagation to the deterministic spiking neuron setting, is based strictly on spike timing a...
computer science
13,783
Sparse, guided feature connections in an Abstract Deep Network
cs.NE
We present a technique for developing a network of re-used features, where the topology is formed using a coarse learning method, that allows gradient-descent fine tuning, known as an Abstract Deep Network (ADN). New features are built based on observed co-occurrences, and the network is maintained using a selection pr...
computer science
13,784
Analysis of Optimal Recombination in Genetic Algorithm for a Scheduling Problem with Setups
cs.NE
In this paper, we perform an experimental study of optimal recombination operator for makespan minimization problem on single machine with sequence-dependent setup times ($1|s_{vu}|C_{\max}$). The computational experiment on benchmark problems from TSPLIB library indicates practical applicability of optimal recombinati...
computer science
13,785
The Computational Theory of Intelligence: Applications to Genetic Programming and Turing Machines
cs.NE
In this paper, we continue the efforts of the Computational Theory of Intelligence (CTI) by extending concepts to include computational processes in terms of Genetic Algorithms (GA's) and Turing Machines (TM's). Active, Passive, and Hybrid Computational Intelligence processes are also introduced and discussed. We consi...
computer science
13,786
Classifier with Hierarchical Topographical Maps as Internal Representation
cs.NE
In this study we want to connect our previously proposed context-relevant topographical maps with the deep learning community. Our architecture is a classifier with hidden layers that are hierarchical two-dimensional topographical maps. These maps differ from the conventional self-organizing maps in that their organiza...
computer science
13,787
Improved Parameter Identification Method Based on Moving Rate
cs.NE
To improve the problem that the parameter identification for fuzzy neural network has many time complexities in calculating, an improved T-S fuzzy inference method and an parameter identification method for fuzzy neural network are proposed. It mainly includes three parts. First, improved fuzzy inference method based o...
computer science
13,788
An Experimental Analysis of the Echo State Network Initialization Using the Particle Swarm Optimization
cs.NE
This article introduces a robust hybrid method for solving supervised learning tasks, which uses the Echo State Network (ESN) model and the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm. An ESN is a Recurrent Neural Network with the hidden-hidden weights fixed in the learning process. The recurrent part of the network st...
computer science
13,789
Introduction and Ranking Results of the ICSI 2014 Competition on Single Objective Optimization
cs.NE
This technical report includes the introduction and ranking results of the ICSI 2014 Competition on Single Objective Optimization.
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A New Repair Operator for Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm in Constrained Optimization Problems
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In this paper, we design a set of multi-objective constrained optimization problems (MCOPs) and propose a new repair operator to address them. The proposed repair operator is used to fix the solutions that violate the box constraints. More specifically, it employs a reversed correction strategy that can effectively avo...
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Study of Some Recent Crossovers Effects on Speed and Accuracy of Genetic Algorithm, Using Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem
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The Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP) is one of the most famous optimization problems. The Genetic Algorithm (GA) is one of metaheuristics that have been applied to TSP. The Crossover and mutation operators are two important elements of GA. There are many TSP solver crossover operators. In this paper, we state implemen...
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Optimal Parameter Choices Through Self-Adjustment: Applying the 1/5-th Rule in Discrete Settings
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While evolutionary algorithms are known to be very successful for a broad range of applications, the algorithm designer is often left with many algorithmic choices, for example, the size of the population, the mutation rates, and the crossover rates of the algorithm. These parameters are known to have a crucial influen...
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Feasibility Preserving Constraint-Handling Strategies for Real Parameter Evolutionary Optimization
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Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) are being routinely applied for a variety of optimization tasks, and real-parameter optimization in the presence of constraints is one such important area. During constrained optimization EAs often create solutions that fall outside the feasible region; hence a viable constraint- handling ...
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Multi-swarm PSO algorithm for the Quadratic Assignment Problem: a massive parallel implementation on the OpenCL platform
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This paper presents a multi-swarm PSO algorithm for the Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) implemented on OpenCL platform. Our work was motivated by results of time efficiency tests performed for single-swarm algorithm implementation that showed clearly that the benefits of a parallel execution platform can be fully ex...
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Honeybees-inspired heuristic algorithms for numerical optimisation
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Swarm intelligence is all about developing collective behaviours to solve complex, ill-structured and large-scale problems. Efficiency in collective behaviours depends on how to harmonise the individual contributions so that a complementary collective effort can be achieved to offer a useful solution. The main points i...
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Rounding Methods for Neural Networks with Low Resolution Synaptic Weights
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Neural network algorithms simulated on standard computing platforms typically make use of high resolution weights, with floating-point notation. However, for dedicated hardware implementations of such algorithms, fixed-point synaptic weights with low resolution are preferable. The basic approach of reducing the resolut...
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First Steps Towards a Runtime Comparison of Natural and Artificial Evolution
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Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) form a popular optimisation paradigm inspired by natural evolution. In recent years the field of evolutionary computation has developed a rigorous analytical theory to analyse their runtime on many illustrative problems. Here we apply this theory to a simple model of natural evolution. In ...
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When Hillclimbers Beat Genetic Algorithms in Multimodal Optimization
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It has been shown in the past that a multistart hillclimbing strategy compares favourably to a standard genetic algorithm with respect to solving instances of the multimodal problem generator. We extend that work and verify if the utilization of diversity preservation techniques in the genetic algorithm changes the out...
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Optimal Convergence Rate in Feed Forward Neural Networks using HJB Equation
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A control theoretic approach is presented in this paper for both batch and instantaneous updates of weights in feed-forward neural networks. The popular Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation has been used to generate an optimal weight update law. The remarkable contribution in this paper is that closed form solutions ...
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Toward Smart Power Grids: Communication Network Design for Power Grids Synchronization
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In smart power grids, keeping the synchronicity of generators and the corresponding controls is of great importance. To do so, a simple model is employed in terms of swing equation to represent the interactions among dynamics of generators and feedback control. In case of having a communication network available, the c...
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Combined A*-Ants Algorithm: A New Multi-Parameter Vehicle Navigation Scheme
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In this paper a multi-parameter A*(A- star)-ants based algorithm is proposed in order to find the best optimized multi-parameter path between two desired points in regions. This algorithm recognizes paths, according to user desired parameters using electronic maps. The proposed algorithm is a combination of A* and ants...
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