An improved ant colony optimization algorithm and its application to electromagnetic devices designs

Author

Ho, S.L. ; Yang, Shiyou ; Wong, H.C. ; Cheng, K.W.E. ; Ni, Guangzheng

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China

Volume

41

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1764

Lastpage

1767

Abstract

Based on the success in the design of a new global search procedure on the development of a novel trail updating mechanism and the introduction of an elitist strategy to available ant colony optimization (ACO) methods, an improved ACO algorithm is proposed. In order to facilitate the implementation of the search procedure, the available local search phase is simplified also. The algorithm is tested on a mathematical function and an inverse problem, and its performances are compared with those of other well designed methods.

Keywords

electromagnetic devices; heuristic programming; inverse problems; optimisation; search problems; ant colony optimization algorithm; electromagnetic device design; elitist strategy; global search procedure; heuristic algorithm; inverse problem; local search phase; mathematical function; optimal design; trail updating mechanism; Algorithm design and analysis; Ant colony optimization; Design methodology; Design optimization; Educational institutions; Electromagnetic devices; Heuristic algorithms; Inverse problems; Performance evaluation; Testing; Ant colony optimization (ACO) method; heuristic algorithm; inverse problem; optimal design;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2005.845998

Filename

1430960