Existing Swarm Intelligence Research Articles

Online monitoring of water quality in industrial wastewater treatment process based on near-infrared spectroscopy.

Water quality monitoring is one of the critical aspects of industrial wastewater treatment, which is important for checking the treatment effect, optimizing the treatment technology and ensuring that the water quality meets the standard. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is a key indicator for monitoring water quality, which reflects the degree of organic matter pollution in water bodies. However, the current methods for determining COD values have drawbacks such as slow speed and complicated operation, which hardly meet the demand of online monitoring. This article firstly proposed a novel quantitative analysis method based on NIR spectroscopy and multi-preprocessing stacking, successfully enabling real-time online monitoring of COD values during industrial wastewater treatment. First, the existing swarm intelligence algorithm was enhanced to optimize the hyperparameters of various base models. Next, multiple spectral preprocessing techniques were innovatively combined with a stacking strategy to construct multi-preprocessing stacking models, enabling comprehensive extraction of effective spectral information. Finally, various combinations of base models were evaluated, leading to the selection of the multi-preprocessing stacking model with optimal performance. The results indicate that the model achieves excellent predictive performance and strong generalization ability. For equalization tank samples, the R2 and RMSE values were 0.8640 and 326.6845 mg/L, respectively. For secondary settling tank samples, the R2 and RMSE values were 0.8798 and 15.1917 mg/L, respectively. Compared to traditional single and stacking models, the RMSE was reduced by at least 12.75 % and 5.11 %, respectively. In addition, the method has a relatively low modeling cost and offers interpretability. This study presents an efficient and straightforward solution for the online monitoring of COD values in industrial wastewater treatment, laying a solid technical foundation for the efficient management of industrial wastewater and the protection of water resources and the ecological environment.

Improved feature reduction framework for sign language recognition using autoencoders and adaptive Grey Wolf Optimization

Automatic Sign Language Recognition Systems (ASLR) offers smooth communication between hearing-impaired and normal-hearing individuals, enhancing educational opportunities for impaired. However, it struggles with “curse of dimensionality” due to excessive features resulting in prolonged training time and exhaustive computational demand. This paper proposes technique that integrates machine learning and swarm intelligence to effectively address this issue. The proposed technique, initially, extracts features using histrogram of gradient (HOG) approach and then reduces dimensions of extracted features using unsupervised autoencoder and subsequently refining the feature set with an improved GWO algorithm. A handcrafted artificial neural network serves as the classifier within this integrated framework, denoted as AEGWO-Net. Exhaustive experimentations were conducted on six different datasets namely ASL, ASL MNIST, ISL, ArSL, MNIST Digits, and IEEE-ISL containing gestures of different languages to demonstrate the performance of AEGWO-Net. The AEGWO-Net demonstrates superior performance improving accuracy and F1 score by 6% and 4% respectively compared to PCA-IGWO and KPCA-IGWO algorithms. Achieving high accuracy (98.40%), F1-score (96.59%), MCC (97.14%), and AUC (96.21%) indicates the robustness and generalizability of the AEGWO-Net method even with reduced dimensionality. Furthermore, a comparison between AEGWO-Net with other existing swarm intelligence techniques is also made to demonstrate its superiority.

An effective feature selection approach based on hybrid Grey Wolf Optimizer and Genetic Algorithm for hyperspectral image

Feature selection (FS) is a critical step in hyperspectral image (HSI) classification, essential for reducing data dimensionality while preserving classification accuracy. However, FS for HSIs remains an NP-hard challenge, as existing swarm intelligence and evolutionary algorithms (SIEAs) often suffer from limited exploration capabilities or susceptibility to local optima, particularly in high-dimensional scenarios. To address these challenges, we propose GWOGA, a novel hybrid algorithm that combines Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) and Genetic Algorithm (GA), aiming to achieve an effective balance between exploration and exploitation. The innovation of GWOGA lies in three core strategies: (1) chaotic map and Opposition-Based Learning (OBL) for uniformly distributed population initialization, enhancing diversity and mitigating premature convergence; (2) elite learning strategy to prioritize high-ranking solutions, strengthening the search hierarchy and efficiency; and (3) a hybrid optimization mechanism where GWO ensures rapid early-stage convergence, while GA refines global search in later stages to escape local optima. Experiments on three benchmark HSIs (i.e., Indian Pines, KSC, and Botswana) demonstrate that GWOGA outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms, achieving higher classification accuracy with fewer selected bands. The results highlight GWOGA’s robustness, generalizability, and potential for real-world applications in HSI FS.

Self-learning salp swarm algorithm for global optimization and its application in multi-layer perceptron model training

Optimization problems are common across various fields, and one effective solution is the swarm intelligence algorithm.It is essential for the algorithm to deliver high-quality solutions for problems with varying characteristics. However, most existing swarm intelligence rely on fixed and monotonic search strategies, which limits their ability to handle the diverse and complex situations encountered when solving real-world optimization problems with unknown fitness landscapes. To extend the applicability of swarm intelligence and thus offer users an efficient black-box optimizer for various applications, a novel self-learning mechanism is proposed and applied to the Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA) to develop the self-learning salp swarm algorithm (SLSSA) in this paper. In SLSSA, four distinct search strategies, including a novel multiple food sources search strategy, are adopted to strengthen the search agents’ abilities to conquer various difficulties in the search space. To improve the efficiency of the search process, the self-learning strategy dynamically determines the execution probability of each search strategy according to the quality of solutions it produced previously. Moreover, a parameter setting method is proposed in this paper, which eliminates the need for a trial-and-error approach and allows for straightforward configuration of the parameters that optimize the performance of SLSSA. In comparison with several highly regarded state-of-the-art peer algorithms, the performance of SLSSA in solving the CEC2014 benchmark functions was thoroughly examined. Subsequently, SLSSA was applied to train multi-layer perceptron classifiers and test on the UCI machine-learning datasets. The experimental results and analysis on benchmark functions and multi-layer perceptron classifier training problems demonstrate that SLSSA outperforms the competing algorithms in terms of solution accuracy, stability, and overall convergence speed. Moreover, computational time comparisons reveal that SLSSA achieves significant performance improvement with only a marginal increase in time cost compared to the original SSA.

An Assessment of the Visibility of Particular Swarm Intelligence Technologies in the Resolution of the Object Classification Problem

This article assesses the visibility of five swarm intelligence algorithms in resolving the object classification problem explicitly particle swarm optimization, artificial bee colonies, ant colony optimization, bacterial foraging optimization, and the Social Spider Optimization. 58 articles in total were reviewed and used as the ground on which this assessment was based on. Primarily articles were grouped into two categories namely the articles which directly resolve the object classification problem and those which in directly resolve the object classification problem followed by a further grouping to indicate articles that were directly linked to the object classification problem through swarm technology and finally grouped by the aim. Three aims were observable which are to modify, to improve and to investigate. More than 70% of the articles aimed at either modifying or improving already existing swarm intelligence algorithms. PSO was the most dominant algorithm of the five technologies assessed. Interesting to note was that although all these algorithms were applied there is no formal representation of knowledge in this domain.

Efficient knowledge model for whale optimization algorithm to solve large-scale problems

In the process of digital transformation and development in various industries, there are more and more large-scale optimization problems. Currently, swarm intelligence optimization algorithms are the best method to solve such problems. However, previous experimental research has found that there is still room for improvement in the performance of using existing swarm intelligence optimization algorithms to solve such problems. To obtain the high-precision optimal value of whale optimization algorithm (WOA) for solving large-scale optimization problems, the optimization problem knowledge model is studied to guide the iterative process of WOA algorithm, and a novel whale optimization algorithm based on knowledge model guidance (KMGWOA) is proposed. First, a population update strategy based on multiple elite individuals is proposed to reduce the impact of the local optimal values, and the knowledge model to guide population update is constructed by combining the proposed population update strategy with the population update strategy based on global optimal individual. Second, a collaborative reverse learning knowledge model with multiple elite and poor individuals in the solution space is proposed to prevent long-term non-ideal region search. The above two knowledge models guide the iterative process of WOA algorithm in solving large-scale optimization problems. The performance of the KMGWOA algorithm guided by the proposed knowledge models is tested through the well-known classical test functions. The results demonstrate that the proposed KMGWOA algorithm not only has good search ability for the theoretical optimal value, but also achieves higher accuracy in obtaining the optimal value when it is difficult to obtain the theoretical optimal value. Moreover, KMGWOA algorithm has fast convergence speed and high effective iteration percentage.

An improved particle swarm optimization algorithm for scheduling tasks in cloud environment

AbstractCloud computing provide services dynamically according to the contract between service providers and users. However, Inappropriateness of scheduling task on VMs can lead huge resource waste and load unbalance, which becomes a seriously challenging problem. Current Swarm intelligence algorithms like genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO) are combination of random initialization and local search algorithm. It avoids inconsistent results for different problem instances. However, existing Swarm intelligence works sometimes search the optima without analysing task scheduling situations comprehensively, global search efficiency is low and convergence is too early. In this paper, we propose SNSK‐IPSO algorithm, which develops as a two‐phases algorithm: enumerating all distributed solutions between VMs and tasks, finding the optimal solution through IPSO. It not only minimizes the execution time, but also improves resource utilization and load balance. Several experiments demonstrate that our novel algorithm outperforms others in terms of achieving load balance, higher resource utilization and lower execution times.

Optical heterodyne detection system for a high-speed camera based on the HSA phase compensation method.

This study proposes an innovative active optical heterodyne detection system to address the limitations of existing swarm intelligence algorithms in resolving phase compensation issues within coherent detection systems. The design incorporates a high-speed camera array detector, offering improved practicality and a simplified structure. Employing a heuristic search algorithm (HSA) transforms the high-dimensional problem into multiple one-dimensional optimization problems, significantly enhancing algorithmic running speed. The HSA maintains excellent performance even with increased array elements, allowing for real-time phase correction in large arrays. Experimental results using shot peening comparison samples reveal a substantial amplification of the heterodyne signal spectrum amplitude peak, approximately 60 times greater than the original signal. This innovative approach holds great potential for active optical heterodyne detection of dim targets, paving the way for further research in the field.

Joint Light-Sensitive Balanced Butterfly Optimizer for Solving the NLO and NCO Problems of WSN for Environmental Monitoring.

Existing swarm intelligence (SI) optimization algorithms applied to node localization optimization (NLO) and node coverage optimization (NCO) problems have low accuracy. In this study, a novel balanced butterfly optimizer (BBO) is proposed which comprehensively considers that butterflies in nature have both smell-sensitive and light-sensitive characteristics. These smell-sensitive and light-sensitive characteristics are used for the global and local search strategies of the proposed algorithm, respectively. Notably, the value of individuals' smell-sensitive characteristic is generally positive, which is a point that cannot be ignored. The performance of the proposed BBO is verified by twenty-three benchmark functions and compared to other state-of-the-art (SOTA) SI algorithms, including particle swarm optimization (PSO), differential evolution (DE), grey wolf optimizer (GWO), artificial butterfly optimization (ABO), butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA), Harris hawk optimization (HHO), and aquila optimizer (AO). The results demonstrate that the proposed BBO has better performance with the global search ability and strong stability. In addition, the BBO algorithm is used to address NLO and NCO problems in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) used in environmental monitoring, obtaining good results.

Intelligent contributions of the artificial orca algorithm for continuous problems and real-time emergency medical services.

The Artificial Orca Algorithm (AOA) is an existing swarm intelligence algorithm, empowered in this paper by two well-known mutation operators and opposition-based learning, yielding the novel methods Deep Self-Learning Artificial Orca Algorithm (DSLAOA), Opposition Deep Self-Learning Artificial Orca Algorithm (ODSLAOA), and Opposition Artificial Orca Learning Algorithm. The DSLAOA and ODSLAOA are based on the Cauchy and Gauss mutation operators. Their effectiveness is evaluated on both continuous and discrete problems. The suggested algorithms are tested and compared to seven recent state-of-the-art metaheuristics in the continuous context. The results demonstrate that, when compared to the other algorithms, DSLAOA based on the Cauchy operator is the most effective technique. After that, a specific real-world scenario involving emergency medical services in a dire situation is tackled. The Ambulance Dispatching and Emergency Calls Covering Problem is the addressed problem, and a mathematical formulation is made to model this issue. AOA, DSLAOAC, and DSLAOAG are tested and contrasted with a successful recent heuristic in this field. The experiments are run on real data, and the results show that the swarm approaches are effective and helpful in determining the resources required in this kind of emergency.

인공신경망 가중치의 효과적인 최적화를 위한 하이브리드 메타휴리스틱 알고리즘

Due to a number of local minimums, the gradient descent methods have difficulties in searching for the optimal weights of artificial neural networks (ANNs). To resolve this problem, recently, a number of scholars have conducted studies that utilize metaheuristics to optimize the weights of ANNs. Particularly, the swarm intelligence algorithm which is one of the metaheuristics has shown great potential in previous studies. In this study, we propose the hybrid metaheuristic algorithm that effectively optimizes the weight of ANNs by combining particle swarm optimization (PSO) and grey wolf optimizer (GWO), both of which are swarm intelligence algorithms. In the search process, the proposed algorithm resolves the convergence instability in the validation dataset using the swarm memory that was inspired by the habit of remembering the environment in which the swarm was suitable for survival. Numerical experiments demonstrate the proposed algorithm outperforms the existing swarm intelligence algorithms, stochastic gradient descent, and Adam Optimizer in terms of classification accuracy.

Design and application of improved sparrow search algorithm based on sine cosine and firefly perturbation.

Swarm intelligence algorithms are relatively simple and highly applicable algorithms, especially for solving optimization problems with high reentrancy, high stochasticity, large scale, multi-objective and multi-constraint characteristics. The sparrow search algorithm (SSA) is a kind of swarm intelligence algorithm with strong search capability, but SSA has the drawback of easily falling into local optimum in the iterative process. Therefore, a sine cosine and firefly perturbed sparrow search algorithm (SFSSA) is proposed for addressing this deficiency. Firstly, the Tent chaos mapping is invoked in the initialization population stage to improve the population diversity; secondly, the positive cosine algorithm incorporating random inertia weights is introduced in the discoverer position update, so as to improve the probability of the algorithm jumping out of the local optimum and speed up the convergence; finally, the firefly perturbation is used to firefly perturb the sparrows, and all sparrows are updated with the optimal sparrows using the firefly perturbation method to improve their search-ability. Thirteen benchmark test functions were chosen to evaluate SFSSA, and the results were compared to those computed by existing swarm intelligence algorithms, as well as the proposed method was submitted to the Wilcoxon rank sum test. Furthermore, the aforesaid methods were evaluated in the CEC 2017 test functions to further validate the optimization efficiency of the algorithm when the optimal solution is not zero. The findings show that SFSSA is more favorable in terms of algorithm performance, and the method's searchability is boosted. Finally, the suggested algorithm is used to the locating problem of emergency material distribution centers to further validate the feasibility and efficacy of SFSSA.

Enhancement of Health Care Services Based on Cloud Computing in IOT Environment Using Hybrid Swarm Intelligence

Healthcare services (HCS) based on cloud computing and the Internet of Things are a great opportunity for the development of medical information technology. Task scheduling in cloud computing is one of the most critical problems facing health care services, as it affects the time required to fulfill user requests and the cost and quality of service delivery. The proposed HCS model structure consists of major components such as user devices, user requests, cloud broker, IoT endpoints, and HCS cloud. This paper proposes a new method to improve task scheduling in healthcare services based on cloud computing in the IoT environment (cloud-IoT). Specifically, A hybrid optimization algorithm HPSOSSA is proposed that combines the best existing swarm intelligence algorithms and integrates the advantages of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and the Salp Swarm Algorithm (SSA). The proposed model was implemented using the Cloudsim simulation package run on Eclipse with specific parameters. The proposed hybrid algorithm was compared to the most popular optimization algorithms that were previously used, such as Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), PSO, SSA, and hybrid PSO-GA. The experimental results showed that HPSOSSA in all cases outperforms the other existing algorithms in terms of makespan, waiting time, and resource utilization.

Bio-inspired cluster–based optimal target identification using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles in smart precision agriculture

Farming is the major profession in several republics for centuries. However, due to the immigration of individuals from rural to urban, there is prevention in farming. The use of modern technology in the precision agriculture field increases productivity and also improves the exports of a country. The productivity may suffer due to different environmental factors, diseases and insects attacks on the crops, especially tomatoes. The target area (i.e. the affected crops area due to environmental factors) identification and delivery of timely information about diseases in the crops to the ground station are mandatory to make the precautionary measurements. In flying sensor networks, the localization and clustering of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles for target areas identification is a challenging task due to energy constraints, communication range, frequent change in topology, link expiration and high mobility. In this article, we proposed the localization and clustering of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles for the identification of affected target areas in the tomato crop field. The localization of unmanned aerial vehicles depends on the weights of environmental factors, that is, relative humidity, soil moisture, temperature, light intensity, NPK (nitrogen (n), phosphorus (p) and potassium (k)) and power of hydrogen (pH). A honey bee optimization approach is used for the localization and formation of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles’ cluster to accurately identify the target areas. The performance of our bio-inspired approach is compared in terms of communication overhead, packet delivery ratio, mean end-to-end delay and energy consumption with the existing swarm intelligence–based schemes and validated via a simulation. The simulation result shows that the bio-inspired approach performs better among the selected approaches.

In Vivo Computing Strategies for Tumor Sensitization and Targeting.

Several evolution strategies for in vivo computation are proposed with the aim of realizing tumor sensitization and targeting (TST) by externally manipulable nanoswimmers. In such targeting systems, nanoswimmers assembled by magnetic nanoparticles are externally manipulated to search for the tumor in the high-risk tissue by a rotating magnetic field produced by a coil system. This process can be interpreted as in vivo computation, where the tumor in the high-risk tissue corresponds to the global maximum or minimum of the in vivo optimization problem, the nanoswimmers are seen as the computational agents, the tumor-triggered biological gradient field (BGF) is used for fitness evaluation of the agents, and the high-risk tissue is the search space. Considering that the state-of-the-art magnetic nanoswimmer control method can only actuate all the nanoswimmers heading in the same direction simultaneously, we introduce the orthokinetic movement strategies into the agent location updating in the existing swarm intelligence algorithms. Especially, the gravitational search algorithm (GSA) is revisited and the corresponding in vivo optimization algorithm called orthokinetic GSA (OGSA) is proposed to carry out the TST. Furthermore, to determine the direction of the orthokinetic agent movement in every iteration of the operation, we propose several strategies according to the fitness ranking of the nanoswimmers in the BGF. To verify the superiority of the OGSA and choose the optimal evolution strategy, some numerical experiments are presented and compared with that of the brute-force search, which represents the traditional method for TST. It is found that the TST performance can be improved by the weak priority evolution strategy (WP-ES) in most of the scenarios.

Swarm Intelligence Based Nature Inspired Metaheuristics Used for Selecting Features in Opinion Mining

As the technology has developed with an immense speed it has also given the people the freedom to express their thoughts and views openly in front of the world giving each user an equal right to share and express their feelings as a result of which a lot of data is generated every second in the form of reviews, ratings, and comments which can be positive or negative. So it becomes very necessary to analyze these unstructured and homogenous posts properly. The objective of the paper is to review mainly various existing Swarm intelligence based nature inspired metaheuristic algorithms which are used for selecting features in sentiment analysis.

Toward the modification of flower pollination algorithm in clustering-based image segmentation

Flower pollination algorithm (FPA) is a new bio-inspired optimization algorithm, which has shown an effective performance on solving many optimization problems. However, the effectiveness of FPA significantly depends on the balance achieved by the exploration and exploitation evolutionary stages. Since purely exploration procedure promotes non-accurate solutions, meanwhile, purely exploitation operation promotes sub-optimal solutions in the presence of multiple optima. In this study, three global search and two local search strategies have been designed to improve balance among evolutionary stages, increasing the efficiency and robustness of the original FPA methodology. Additionally, some parameter adaptation techniques are also incorporated in the proposed methodology. The modified FPA has been successfully applied for histopathological image segmentation problem. The experimental and computational effort results indicate its effectiveness over existing swarm intelligence algorithms and machine learning methods.

A Hybrid Artificial Grasshopper Optimization (HAGOA) Meta-Heuristic Approach: A Hybrid Optimizer For Discover the Global Optimum in Given Search Space

Meta-heuristic algorithms are used to get optimal solutions in different engineering branches. Here four types of meta-heuristics algorithms are used such as evolutionary algorithms, swarm-based algorithms, physics based algorithms and human based algorithms respectively. Swarm based meta-heuristic algorithms are given more effective result in optimization problem issues and these are generated global optimal solution. Existing swarm intelligence techniques are suffered with poor exploitation and exploration in given search space. Therefore, in this paper Hybrid Artificial Grasshopper Optimization (HAGOA) meta-heuristic algorithm is proposed to improve the exploitation and exploration in given search space. HAGOA is inherited Salp swarm behaviors. HAGOA performs balancing in exploitation and exploration search space. It is capable to make chain system between exploitation and exploration phases. The efficiency of HAGOA meta-heuristic algorithm will analyze using 19 benchmarks functions from F1 to F19. In this paper, HAGOA algorithm is performed efficiency analyze test with Artificial Grasshopper optimization (AGOA), Hybrid Artificial Bee Colony with Salp (HABCS), Modified Artificial Bee Colony (MABC), and Modify Particle Swarm Optimization (MPSO) swarm based meta-heuristic algorithms using uni-modal and multi-modal functions in MATLAB. Comparison results are shown that HAGOA meta-heuristic algorithm is performed better efficiency than other swarm intelligence algorithms on the basics of high exploitation, high exploration, and high convergence rate. It also performed perfect balancing between exploitation and exploration in given search space.

A novel artificial bee colony optimiser with dynamic population size for multi-level threshold image segmentation

Existing swarm intelligence (SI) models are usually derived from fixed-population biological system. However, this approach inevitably causes unnecessary computational cost. In addition, the population size of these models is usually hard to be pr-determined appropriately. In this contribution, this paper exploits a general varying-population swarm model (VPSM) with life-cycle foraging rules based on the population growth dynamic principle. This model essentially improves individual-level adaptability and population-level emergence to self-adapt towards an optimal population size. Then, a novel VPSM-based artificial bee colony optimiser is instantiated with orthogonal Latin squares approach and crossover-based social learning strategies. A comprehensive experimental analysis is implemented in which the proposed algorithm is benchmarked against classical bio-mimetic algorithms on CEC2014 test suites. Then, this algorithm is applied for multi-level image segmentation. Computation results show the performance superiority of the proposed algorithm.

Optimization Design and Application of Active Disturbance Rejection Controller Based on Intelligent Algorithm

The parameter tuning optimization design is realized for an active disturbance rejection controller (ADRC) in combination with the improvement of the existing swarm intelligence algorithm. Taking the optimization design and application of ADRC as an example, this paper is focused on investigating the improvement of the hybrid algorithm composed of fish swarm algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm and its application in parameter tuning of ADRC. The main contents are as follows. First, the parameters that need to be tuned are determined based on the composition and principle of the ADRC. The module building technology of S-function is adopted to create the module library of ARDC in terms of the modular construction idea and a complete simulation example of ADRC is built in Simulink. Second, the parameters are improved according to the proposed hybrid algorithm composed of the artificial fish swarm algorithm and the standard particle swarm optimization algorithm, and the control performance is tested by the MATLAB simulation of the ADRC whose parameters are optimized by using the algorithm. Finally, the flight attitude control of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is taken as an application example, and the fixed-wing UAV is selected as the research object. Through the analysis of the experimental results, the effectiveness of the optimized design is verified for the ADRC in the attitude control of the UAV.