Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2013
Publication Title
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Abstract
Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are fast and robust computation methods for global optimization, and have been widely used in many real-world applications. We first conceptually discuss the equivalences of various popular EAs including genetic algorithm (GA), biogeography-based optimization (BBO), differential evolution (DE), evolution strategy (ES) and particle swarm optimization (PSO). We find that the basic versions of BBO, DE, ES and PSO are equal to the GA with global uniform recombination (GA/GUR) under certain conditions. Then we discuss their differences based on biological motivations and implementation details, and point out that their distinctions enhance the diversity of EA research and applications. To further study the characteristics of various EAs, we compare the basic versions and advanced versions of GA, BBO, DE, ES and PSO to explore their optimization ability on a set of real-world continuous optimization problems. Empirical results show that among the basic versions of the algorithms, BBO performs best on the benchmarks that we studied. Among the advanced versions of the algorithms, DE and ES perform best on the benchmarks that we studied. However, our main conclusion is that the conceptual equivalence of the algorithms is supported by the fact that algorithmic modifications result in very different performance levels.
Repository Citation
Maa, Haiping; Simon, Dan; Feic, Minrui; and Chen, Zixiang, "On the equivalences and differences of evolutionary algorithms" (2013). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 278.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/enece_facpub/278
DOI
10.1016/j.engappai.2013.05.002
Version
Postprint
Publisher's Statement
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 26, 10, (11-01-2013); 10.1016/j.engappai.2013.05.002
Volume
26
Issue
10
