An Efficient Modified Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Solving Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming Problems

This paper presents an efficient modified particle swarm optimization (EMPSO) algorithm for solving mixed-integer nonlinear programming problems. In the proposed algorithm, a new evolutionary strategies for the discrete variables is introduced, which can solve the problem that the evolutionary strategy of the classical particle swarm optimization algorithm is invalid for the discrete variables. An update strategy under the constraints is proposed to update the optimal position, which effectively utilizes the available information on infeasible solutions to guide particle search. In order to evaluate and analyze the performance of EMPSO, two hybrid particle swarm optimization algorithms with different strategies are also given. The simulation results indicate that, in terms of robustness and convergence speed, EMPSO is better than the other algorithms in solving 14 test problems. A new performance index (NPI) is introduced to fairly compare the other two algorithms, and in most cases the values of the NPI obtained by EMPSO were superior to the other algorithms. (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.