Aesthetic differential evolution algorithm for solving computationally expensive optimization problems

Abstract

The applications of Differential Evolution (DE) and the attraction of researchers towards it, shows that it is a simple, powerful, efficient as well as reliable evolutionary algorithm to solve optimization problems. In this study an improved DE called aesthetic DE algorithm (ADEA) is introduced to solve Computationally Expensive Optimization (CEO) problems discussed in competition of congress of evolutionary computation (CEC) 2014. ADEA uses the concept of mirror images to produce new decorative positions. The mirror is placed near the most beautiful (global best) individual to accentuate its attractiveness (significance). Simulated statistical results demonstrate the efficiency and ability of the proposal to obtain good results.