HC12: Highly scalable optimisation algorithm

Abstract

In engineering as well as in non-engineering areas, numerous optimisation problems have to be solved using a wide range of optimisation methods. Soft-computing optimisation procedures are often applied to problems for which the classic mathematical optimisation approaches do not yield satisfactory results. In this paper we present a relatively new optimisation algorithm denoted as HC12 and demonstrate its possible parallel implementation. The paper aims to show that HC12 is highly scalable and can be implemented in a cluster of computers. As a practical consequence, the high scalability substantially reduces the computing time of optimisation problems. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.