Distributed and Asynchronous Bees Algorithm Applied to Nuclear Fusion Research

Recently, there have been several developments in the scientific community to model and solve complex optimization problems by employing natural metaphors. In some cases, due to their distributed schema, these algorithms can be adapted to distributed computing environments. A distributed and asynchronous bees (DAB) grid-based approach is here used to optimise the magnetic configuration in order to reduce the neoclassical transport of particles in a nuclear fusion device. Large-scale problems (as several plasma physics can be classified) present open challenges that need a large computing capacity to be solved. Thus, the use of large distributed infrastructures is mandatory in many of these problems. The use of grid computing offers a new paradigm where the distributed nature of foraging can be reproduced and applied to complex optimisation problems.