Initial particles position for PSO, in Bound Constrained Optimization

E.F. Campana (), Matteo Diez (), Giovanni Fasano () and Daniele Peri ()
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E.F. Campana: National Research Council-Maritime Research Centre (CNR-ISEAN)
Matteo Diez: National Research Council-Maritime Research Centre (CNR-ISEAN)
Daniele Peri: National Research Council-Maritime Research Centre (CNR-ISEAN)

No 6, Working Papers from Venice School of Management - Department of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Abstract: We consider the solution of bound constrained optimization problems, where we assume that the evaluation of the objective function is costly, its derivatives are unavailable and the use of exact derivativefree algorithms may imply a too large computational burden. There is plenty of real applications, e.g. several design optimization problems [1,2], belonging to the latter class, where the objective function must be treated as a Ôblack-boxÕ and automatic differentiation turns to be unsuitable. Since the objective function is often obtained as the result of a simulation, it might be affected also by noise, so that the use of finite differences may be definitely harmful. In this paper we consider the use of the evolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, where the choice of the parameters is inspired by [4], in order to avoid diverging trajectories of the particles, and help the exploration of the feasible set. Moreover, we extend the ideas in [4] and propose a specific set of initial particles position for the bound constrained problem.

Keywords: Bound Constrained Optimization; Discrete Dynamic Linear Systems; Free and Forced Responses; Particles Initial Position. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 C65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2013-06
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