FISH SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM APPLIED TO ENGINEERING SYSTEM DESIGN

Authors

  • FRAN SéRGIO LOBATO FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLâNDIA, SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
  • VALDER STEFFEN JR. SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLâNDIA

Keywords:

FISH SWARM OPTIMIZATION, ENGINEERING SYSTEM DESIGN

Abstract

NOWADAYS, OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES BASED ON THE ANALOGY WITHSWARMING PRINCIPLES AND COLLECTIVE ACTIVITIES OF SOCIAL SPECIES INNATURE HAVE BEEN USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODOLOGIES FORSOLVING A VARIETY OF REAL-WORLD OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS. IN THIS CONTEXT,THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF FISH COLONIES HAS BEEN RECENTLY EXPLOREDTO DEVELOP A NOVEL ALGORITHM, THE SO-CALLED FISH SWARM OPTIMIZATIONALGORITHM (FSOA), BASED ON THE BEHAVIOR OF FISH SWARM IN SEARCH FORFOOD. IN THIS PAPER, THE FSOA IS APPLIED TO THREE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS,INVOLVING TYPICAL STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DISTILLATION COLUMN DESIGN.THE RESULTS OBTAINED ARE THEN COMPARED WITH THOSE OBTAINED FROMOTHER CLASSICAL EVOLUTIONARY APPROACHES.

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Published

2013-05-23

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2014)

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