An Enhanced Grey Wolf Optimizer with Elite Inheritance and Balance Search Mechanisms

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Main Authors: Jiang, Jianhua, Zhao, Ziying, Li, Weihua, Li, Keqin
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author Jiang, Jianhua
Zhao, Ziying
Li, Weihua
Li, Keqin
author_facet Jiang, Jianhua
Zhao, Ziying
Li, Weihua
Li, Keqin
contents The Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is recognized as a novel meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by the social leadership hierarchy and hunting mechanism of grey wolves. It is well-known for its simple parameter setting, fast convergence speed, and strong optimization capability. In the original GWO, there are two significant design flaws in its fundamental optimization mechanisms. Problem (1): the algorithm fails to inherit from elite positions from the last iteration when generating the next positions of the wolf population, potentially leading to suboptimal solutions. Problem (2): the positions of the population are updated based on the central position of the three leading wolves (alpha, beta, delta), without a balanced mechanism between local and global search. To tackle these problems, an enhanced Grey Wolf Optimizer with Elite Inheritance Mechanism and Balance Search Mechanism, named as EBGWO, is proposed to improve the effectiveness of the position updating and the quality of the convergence solutions. The IEEE CEC 2014 benchmark functions suite and a series of simulation tests are employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The simulation tests involve a comparative study between EBGWO, three GWO variants, GWO and two well-known meta-heuristic algorithms. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed EBGWO algorithm outperforms other meta-heuristic algorithms in both accuracy and convergence speed. Three engineering optimization problems are adopted to prove its capability in processing real-world problems. The results indicate that the proposed EBGWO outperforms several popular algorithms.
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spellingShingle An Enhanced Grey Wolf Optimizer with Elite Inheritance and Balance Search Mechanisms
Jiang, Jianhua
Zhao, Ziying
Li, Weihua
Li, Keqin
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Artificial Intelligence
The Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is recognized as a novel meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by the social leadership hierarchy and hunting mechanism of grey wolves. It is well-known for its simple parameter setting, fast convergence speed, and strong optimization capability. In the original GWO, there are two significant design flaws in its fundamental optimization mechanisms. Problem (1): the algorithm fails to inherit from elite positions from the last iteration when generating the next positions of the wolf population, potentially leading to suboptimal solutions. Problem (2): the positions of the population are updated based on the central position of the three leading wolves (alpha, beta, delta), without a balanced mechanism between local and global search. To tackle these problems, an enhanced Grey Wolf Optimizer with Elite Inheritance Mechanism and Balance Search Mechanism, named as EBGWO, is proposed to improve the effectiveness of the position updating and the quality of the convergence solutions. The IEEE CEC 2014 benchmark functions suite and a series of simulation tests are employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm. The simulation tests involve a comparative study between EBGWO, three GWO variants, GWO and two well-known meta-heuristic algorithms. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed EBGWO algorithm outperforms other meta-heuristic algorithms in both accuracy and convergence speed. Three engineering optimization problems are adopted to prove its capability in processing real-world problems. The results indicate that the proposed EBGWO outperforms several popular algorithms.
title An Enhanced Grey Wolf Optimizer with Elite Inheritance and Balance Search Mechanisms
topic Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06524