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Plasma generation optimization: a new physically-based metaheuristic algorithm for solving constrained optimization problems

Ali Kaveh (School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Hossein Akbari (School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Seyed Milad Hosseini (School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran)

Engineering Computations

ISSN: 0264-4401

Article publication date: 12 October 2020

Issue publication date: 17 June 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to present a new physically inspired meta-heuristic algorithm, which is called Plasma Generation Optimization (PGO). To evaluate the performance and capability of the proposed method in comparison to other optimization methods, two sets of test problems consisting of 13 constrained benchmark functions and 6 benchmark trusses are investigated numerically. The results indicate that the performance of the proposed method is competitive with other considered state-of-the-art optimization methods.

Design/methodology/approach

In this paper, a new physically-based metaheuristic algorithm called plasma generation optimization (PGO) algorithm is developed for solving constrained optimization problems. PGO is a population-based optimizer inspired by the process of plasma generation. In the proposed algorithm, each agent is considered as an electron. Movement of electrons and changing their energy levels are based on simulating excitation, de-excitation and ionization processes occurring through the plasma generation. In the proposed PGO, the global optimum is obtained when plasma is generated with the highest degree of ionization.

Findings

A new physically-based metaheuristic algorithm called the PGO algorithm is developed that is inspired from the process of plasma generation.

Originality/value

The results indicate that the performance of the proposed method is competitive with other state-of-the-art methods.

Keywords

Citation

Kaveh, A., Akbari, H. and Hosseini, S.M. (2021), "Plasma generation optimization: a new physically-based metaheuristic algorithm for solving constrained optimization problems", Engineering Computations, Vol. 38 No. 4, pp. 1554-1606. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-05-2020-0235

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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