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Since many PSO variants are easily trapped in local optima from which they can barely break free, this paper proposes an adaptive hierarchical update particle swarm optimization (AHPSO) algorithm. The new term “local optimum early warning” is first defined to reflect the risk of being trapped in a local optimum. It plays a key role in the global coordinated control to determine the paradigm evolution direction and adjust the trajectory of particles in different risk environments. After that, the adaptive hierarchical update method generates two-layer and three-layer update formulas for the global exploration subpopulation and the local exploitation subpopulation, respectively, in order to improve the capability to resist the temptation of local optima. Consisting of the weighted synthesis sub-strategy and the mean evolution sub-strategy, the multi-choice comprehensive learning strategy is then employed to develop the most suitable learning paradigm to guide the motion path. Moreover, 18 benchmark functions and one real-world optimization problem are employed to evaluate the AHPSO against eight typical PSO variants. According to the experimental results, the AHPSO outperformed other methods in solving different types of functions by yielding high solution accuracy and high convergence speed.
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This work was supported by NSFC Grant Nos. 61701060 and 61801067, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Intelligent Processing of Computer Images and Graphics Project No. GIIP1806, and the Science and Technology Research Project of Higher Education of Hebei Province (Grant No. QN2019069), and Chongqing Key Lab of Computer Network and Communication Technology (CY-CNCL-2017-02), and the Scientific and Technological Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission Grant No. KJQN201801905 & KJZD-K201901902).
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Zhou, S., Sha, L., Zhu, S. et al. Adaptive hierarchical update particle swarm optimization algorithm with a multi-choice comprehensive learning strategy. Appl Intell 52, 1853–1877 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-021-02413-3
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