An improved harris hawks optimization algorithm based on chaotic sequence and opposite elite learning mechanism

Abstract

The Harris hawks optimization (HHO) algorithm is a new swarm-based natural heuristic algorithm that has previously shown excellent performance. However, HHO still has some shortcomings, which are premature convergence and falling into local optima due to an imbalance of the exploration and exploitation capabilities. To overcome these shortcomings, a new HHO variant algorithm based on a chaotic sequence and an opposite elite learning mechanism (HHO-CS-OELM) is proposed in this paper. The chaotic sequence can improve the global search ability of the HHO algorithm due to enhancing the diversity of the population, and the opposite elite learning can enhance the local search ability of the HHO algorithm by maintaining the optimal individual. Meanwhile, it also overcomes the shortcoming that the exploration cannot be carried out at the late iteration in the HHO algorithm and balances the exploration and exploitation capabilities of the HHO algorithm. The performance of the HHO-CS-OELM algorithm is verified by comparison with 14 optimization algorithms on 23 benchmark functions and an engineering problem. Experimental results show that the HHO-CS-OELM algorithm performs better than the state-of-the-art swarm intelligence optimization algorithms.