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Memes Evolution in a Memetic Variant of Particle Swarm Optimization

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  • Umberto Bartoccini

    (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University for Foreigners of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy)

  • Arturo Carpi

    (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, 1-06121 Perugia, Italy)

  • Valentina Poggioni

    (Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, 1-06121 Perugia, Italy)

  • Valentino Santucci

    (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University for Foreigners of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy)

Abstract

In this work, a coevolving memetic particle swarm optimization (CoMPSO) algorithm is presented. CoMPSO introduces the memetic evolution of local search operators in particle swarm optimization (PSO) continuous/discrete hybrid search spaces. The proposed solution allows one to overcome the rigidity of uniform local search strategies when applied to PSO. The key contribution is that memes provides each particle of a PSO scheme with the ability to adapt its exploration dynamics to the local characteristics of the search space landscape. The objective is obtained by an original hybrid continuous/discrete meme representation and a probabilistic co-evolving PSO scheme for discrete, continuous, or hybrid spaces. The coevolving memetic PSO evolves both the solutions and their associated memes, i.e. the local search operators. The proposed CoMPSO approach has been experimented on a standard suite of numerical optimization benchmark problems. Preliminary experimental results show that CoMPSO is competitive with respect to standard PSO and other memetic PSO schemes in literature, and its a promising starting point for further research in adaptive PSO local search operators.

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  • Umberto Bartoccini & Arturo Carpi & Valentina Poggioni & Valentino Santucci, 2019. "Memes Evolution in a Memetic Variant of Particle Swarm Optimization," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 7(5), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:7:y:2019:i:5:p:423-:d:230221
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