A Survey of Harmony Search Algorithm
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paper_title: The harmony search heuristic algorithm for discrete structural optimization

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Many methods have been developed and are in use for structural size optimization problems, in which the cross-sectional areas or sizing variables are usually assumed to be continuous. In most practical structural engineering design problems, however, the design variables are discrete. This paper proposes an efficient optimization method for structures with discrete-sized variables based on the harmony search (HS) heuristic algorithm. The recently developed HS algorithm was conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. In this article, a discrete search strategy using the HS algorithm is presented in detail and its effectiveness and robustness, as compared to current discrete optimization methods, are demonstrated through several standard truss examples. The numerical results reveal that the proposed method is a powerful search and design optimization tool f...
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paper_title: Harmony Search as a Metaheuristic Algorithm

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This first chapter intends to review and analyze the powerful new Harmony Search (HS) algorithm in the context of metaheuristic algorithms. We will first outline the fundamental steps of HS, and show how it works. We then try to identify the characteristics of metaheuristics and analyze why HS is a good metaheuristic algorithm. We then review briefly other popular metaheuristics such as particle swarm optimization so as to find their similarities and differences with HS. Finally, we will discuss the ways to improve and develop new variants of HS, and make suggestions for further research including open questions.
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paper_title: Harmony Search Algorithms For Structural Design Optimization

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paper_title: Optimal cost design of water distribution networks using harmony search

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This study presents a cost minimization model for the design of water distribution networks. The model uses a recently developed harmony search optimization algorithm while satisfying all the design constraints. The harmony search algorithm mimics a jazz improvisation process in order to find better design solutions, in this case pipe diameters in a water distribution network. The model also interfaces with a popular hydraulic simulator, EPANET, to check the hydraulic constraints. If the design solution vector violates the hydraulic constraints, the amount of violation is considered in the cost function as a penalty. The model was applied to five water distribution networks, and obtained designs that were either the same or cost 0.28–10.26% less than those of competitive meta-heuristic algorithms, such as the genetic algorithm, simulated annealing and tabu search under similar or less favorable conditions. The results show that the harmony search-based model is suitable for water network design.
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paper_title: Harmony search algorithm for solving Sudoku

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Harmony search (HS) algorithm was applied to solving Sudoku puzzle. The HS is an evolutionary algorithm which mimics musicians' behaviors such as random play, memory-based play, and pitch-adjusted play when they perform improvisation. Sudoku puzzles in this study were formulated as an optimization problem with number-uniqueness penalties. HS could successfully solve the optimization problem after 285 function evaluations, taking 9 seconds. Also, sensitivity analysis of HS parameters was performed to obtain a better idea of algorithm parameter values.
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paper_title: Recent Advances In Harmony Search Algorithm

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Nowadays, music-inspired phenomenon-mimicking harmony search algorithm is fast growing with many applications. One of key success factors of the algorithm is the employment of a novel stochastic derivative which can be used even for discrete variables. Instead of traditional calculus-based gradient, the algorithm utilizes musicians experience as a derivative in searching for an optimal solution. This can be a new paradigm and main reason in the successes of various applications. The goal of this book is to introduce major advances of the harmony search algorithm in recent years. The book contains 14 chapters with the following subjects: State-of-the-art in the harmony search algorithm structure; robotics (robot terrain and manipulator trajectory); visual tracking; web text data mining; power flow planning; fuzzy control system; hybridization (with Taguchi method or SQP method); groundwater management; irrigation ; logistics; timetabling; and bioinformatics (RNA structure prediction). This book collects the above-mentioned theory and applications, which are dispersed in various technical publications, so that readers can have a good grasp of current status of the harmony search algorithm and foster new breakthroughs in their fields using the algorithm.
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paper_title: A new meta-heuristic algorithm for continuous engineering optimization: harmony search theory and practice

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Most engineering optimization algorithms are based on numerical linear and nonlinear programming methods that require substantial gradient information and usually seek to improve the solution in the neighborhood of a starting point. These algorithms, however, reveal a limited approach to complicated real-world optimization problems. If there is more than one local optimum in the problem, the result may depend on the selection of an initial point, and the obtained optimal solution may not necessarily be the global optimum. This paper describes a new harmony search (HS) meta-heuristic algorithm-based approach for engineering optimization problems with continuous design variables. This recently developed HS algorithm is conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. Various engineering optimization problems, including mathematical function minimization and structural engineering optimization problems, are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the HS algorithm. The results indicate that the proposed approach is a powerful search and optimization technique that may yield better solutions to engineering problems than those obtained using current algorithms. � 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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paper_title: Harmony Search as a Metaheuristic Algorithm

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This first chapter intends to review and analyze the powerful new Harmony Search (HS) algorithm in the context of metaheuristic algorithms. We will first outline the fundamental steps of HS, and show how it works. We then try to identify the characteristics of metaheuristics and analyze why HS is a good metaheuristic algorithm. We then review briefly other popular metaheuristics such as particle swarm optimization so as to find their similarities and differences with HS. Finally, we will discuss the ways to improve and develop new variants of HS, and make suggestions for further research including open questions.
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paper_title: Harmony Search Algorithms For Structural Design Optimization

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Thank you very much for downloading harmony search algorithms for structural design optimization. As you may know, people have search numerous times for their chosen novels like this harmony search algorithms for structural design optimization, but end up in infectious downloads. Rather than reading a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they juggled with some infectious bugs inside their laptop.
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paper_title: Web Text Mining Using Harmony Search

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The Harmony Search (HS) algorithm in recent years has been applied in many applications in computer science and engineering. This chapter is intended to review the application of the HS method in the area of web document clustering. Clustering is a problem of great practical importance that has been the focus of substantial research in several domains for decades. It is defined as the problem of partitioning data objects into groups, such that objects in the same group are similar, while objects in different groups are dissimilar. Due to the high-dimension and sparseness properties of documents the problem of clustering becomes more challenging when we apply it on web documents. Two algorithms in literature were proposed for clustering web documents with HS which will be reviewed in this chapter. Also three hybridization of HS based clustering with K-means algorithm will be reviewed. It will be shown that the HS method can outperform other methods in terms of solution quality and computational time.
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paper_title: Harmony K-means algorithm for document clustering

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Fast and high quality document clustering is a crucial task in organizing information, search engine results, enhancing web crawling, and information retrieval or filtering. Recent studies have shown that the most commonly used partition-based clustering algorithm, the K-means algorithm, is more suitable for large datasets. However, the K-means algorithm can generate a local optimal solution. In this paper we propose a novel Harmony K-means Algorithm (HKA) that deals with document clustering based on Harmony Search (HS) optimization method. It is proved by means of finite Markov chain theory that the HKA converges to the global optimum. To demonstrate the effectiveness and speed of HKA, we have applied HKA algorithms on some standard datasets. We also compare the HKA with other meta-heuristic and model-based document clustering approaches. Experimental results reveal that the HKA algorithm converges to the best known optimum faster than other methods and the quality of clusters are comparable.
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paper_title: Optimization by Simulated Annealing: Quantitative Studies

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Simulated annealing is a stochastic optimization procedure which is widely applicable and has been found effective in several problems arising in computeraided circuit design. This paper derives the method in the context of traditional optimization heuristics and presents experimental .studies of its computational efficiency when applied to graph partitioning and traveling salesman problems. Dan Gelatt and I, with help from several of our colleagues, have explored a general framework for optimization which uses computer simulation methods from condensed matter physics and an equivalence (which can be made rigorous) between the many undetermined parameters of the system being optimized and the particles in an imaginary physical system. The energy of the physical system is given by the objective function of the optimization problem. States of low energy in the imaginary physical system are thus the near-global optimum configurations sought in the optimization problem. The trick we have used to find these is to model statistically the evolution of the physical system at a series of temperatures which allow it to "anneal" into a state of high order and very low energy. Arguments for the validity of this approach, and some ideas which help in understanding how to use it effectively, are given in a paper which
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paper_title: Firefly Algorithms for Multimodal Optimization

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Nature-inspired algorithms are among the most powerful algorithms for optimization. This paper intends to provide a detailed description of a new Firefly Algorithm (FA) for multimodal optimization applications. We will compare the proposed firefly algorithm with other metaheuristic algorithms such as particle swarm optimization (PSO). Simulations and results indicate that the proposed firefly algorithm is superior to existing metaheuristic algorithms. Finally we will discuss its applications and implications for further research.
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paper_title: Global-best harmony search

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Harmony search (HS) is a new meta-heuristic optimization method imitating the music improvisation process where musicians improvise their instruments’ pitches searching for a perfect state of harmony. A new variant of HS, called global-best harmony search (GHS), is proposed in this paper where concepts from swarm intelligence are borrowed to enhance the performance of HS. The performance of the GHS is investigated and compared with HS and a recently developed variation of HS. The experiments conducted show that the GHS generally outperformed the other approaches when applied to ten benchmark problems. The effect of noise on the performance of the three HS variants is investigated and a scalability study is conducted. The effect of the GHS parameters is analyzed. Finally, the three HS variants are compared on several Integer Programming test problems. The results show that the three approaches seem to be an efficient alternative for solving Integer Programming problems. 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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paper_title: Harmony search algorithm for solving Sudoku

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Harmony search (HS) algorithm was applied to solving Sudoku puzzle. The HS is an evolutionary algorithm which mimics musicians' behaviors such as random play, memory-based play, and pitch-adjusted play when they perform improvisation. Sudoku puzzles in this study were formulated as an optimization problem with number-uniqueness penalties. HS could successfully solve the optimization problem after 285 function evaluations, taking 9 seconds. Also, sensitivity analysis of HS parameters was performed to obtain a better idea of algorithm parameter values.
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paper_title: The ant colony optimization metaheuristic: Algorithms, applications, and advances

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The field of ACO algorithms is very lively, as testified, for example, by the successful biannual workshop (ANTS—From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: A Series of International Workshops on Ant Algorithms; http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~ants/) where researchers meet to discuss the properties of ACO and other ant algorithms, both theoretically and experimentally.
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paper_title: Engineering optimizations via nature-inspired virtual bee algorithms

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Many engineering applications often involve the minimization of some objective functions. In the case of multilevel optimizations or functions with many local minimums, the optimization becomes very difficult. Biology-inspired algorithms such as genetic algorithms are more effective than conventional algorithms under appropriate conditions. In this paper, we intend to develop a new virtual bee algorithm (VBA) to solve the function optimizations with the application in engineering problems. For the functions with two-parameters, a swarm of virtual bees are generated and start to move randomly in the phase space. These bees interact when they find some target nectar corresponding to the encoded values of the function. The solution for the optimization problem can be obtained from the intensity of bee interactions. The simulations of the optimization of De Jong's test function and Keane's multi-peaked bumpy function show that the one agent VBA is usually as effective as genetic algorithms and multiagent implementation optimizes more efficiently than conventional algorithms due to the parallelism of the multiple agents. Comparison with the other algorithms such as genetic algorithms will also be discussed in detail.
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paper_title: A novel global harmony search algorithm for reliability problems

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Inspired by the swarm intelligence of particle swarm, a novel global harmony search algorithm (NGHS) is proposed to solve reliability problems in this paper. The proposed algorithm includes two important operations: position updating and genetic mutation with a small probability. The former enables the worst harmony of harmony memory to move to the global best harmony rapidly in each iteration, and the latter can effectively prevent the NGHS from trapping into the local optimum. Based on a large number of experiments, the proposed algorithm has demonstrated stronger capacity of space exploration than most other approaches on solving reliability problems. The results show that the NGHS can be an efficient alternative for solving reliability problems.
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paper_title: Global-best harmony search

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Harmony search (HS) is a new meta-heuristic optimization method imitating the music improvisation process where musicians improvise their instruments’ pitches searching for a perfect state of harmony. A new variant of HS, called global-best harmony search (GHS), is proposed in this paper where concepts from swarm intelligence are borrowed to enhance the performance of HS. The performance of the GHS is investigated and compared with HS and a recently developed variation of HS. The experiments conducted show that the GHS generally outperformed the other approaches when applied to ten benchmark problems. The effect of noise on the performance of the three HS variants is investigated and a scalability study is conducted. The effect of the GHS parameters is analyzed. Finally, the three HS variants are compared on several Integer Programming test problems. The results show that the three approaches seem to be an efficient alternative for solving Integer Programming problems. 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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paper_title: An improved harmony search algorithm for solving optimization problems

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This paper develops an Improved harmony search (IHS) algorithm for solving optimization problems. IHS employs a novel method for generating new solution vectors that enhances accuracy and convergence rate of harmony search (HS) algorithm. In this paper the impacts of constant parameters on harmony search algorithm are discussed and a strategy for tuning these parameters is presented. The IHS algorithm has been successfully applied to various benchmarking and standard engineering optimization problems. Numerical results reveal that the proposed algorithm can find better solutions when compared to HS and other heuristic or deterministic methods and is a powerful search algorithm for various engineering optimization problems.
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paper_title: Global-best harmony search

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Harmony search (HS) is a new meta-heuristic optimization method imitating the music improvisation process where musicians improvise their instruments’ pitches searching for a perfect state of harmony. A new variant of HS, called global-best harmony search (GHS), is proposed in this paper where concepts from swarm intelligence are borrowed to enhance the performance of HS. The performance of the GHS is investigated and compared with HS and a recently developed variation of HS. The experiments conducted show that the GHS generally outperformed the other approaches when applied to ten benchmark problems. The effect of noise on the performance of the three HS variants is investigated and a scalability study is conducted. The effect of the GHS parameters is analyzed. Finally, the three HS variants are compared on several Integer Programming test problems. The results show that the three approaches seem to be an efficient alternative for solving Integer Programming problems. 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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paper_title: Parameter-setting-free harmony search algorithm

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Abstract Various phenomenon-mimicking algorithms, such as genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, tabu search, ant colony optimization, and particle swarm optimization, have their own algorithm parameters. These parameters need to be skillfully assigned in order to obtain good results. It is burdensome, especially to novice users, to assign these parameters. The same is true for the harmony search algorithm which was inspired by music performance. Thus, this study proposes a novel technique to eliminate tedious and experience-requiring parameter assigning efforts. The new parameter-setting-free (PSF) technique which this study suggests contains one additional matrix which contains an operation type (random selection, memory consideration, or pitch adjustment) for every variable in harmony memory. Three examples illustrate that the PSF technique can find good solutions robustly.
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paper_title: State-of-the-Art in the Structure of Harmony Search Algorithm

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The harmony search algorithm has been so far applied to various optimization problems. Also, the algorithm structure has been customized on a case-by-case basis by tweaking the basic structure. The objective of this chapter is to introduce the state-of-the-art structure of the basic harmony search algorithm.
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paper_title: Global-best harmony search

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Harmony search (HS) is a new meta-heuristic optimization method imitating the music improvisation process where musicians improvise their instruments’ pitches searching for a perfect state of harmony. A new variant of HS, called global-best harmony search (GHS), is proposed in this paper where concepts from swarm intelligence are borrowed to enhance the performance of HS. The performance of the GHS is investigated and compared with HS and a recently developed variation of HS. The experiments conducted show that the GHS generally outperformed the other approaches when applied to ten benchmark problems. The effect of noise on the performance of the three HS variants is investigated and a scalability study is conducted. The effect of the GHS parameters is analyzed. Finally, the three HS variants are compared on several Integer Programming test problems. The results show that the three approaches seem to be an efficient alternative for solving Integer Programming problems. 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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paper_title: A novel global harmony search algorithm for reliability problems

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Inspired by the swarm intelligence of particle swarm, a novel global harmony search algorithm (NGHS) is proposed to solve reliability problems in this paper. The proposed algorithm includes two important operations: position updating and genetic mutation with a small probability. The former enables the worst harmony of harmony memory to move to the global best harmony rapidly in each iteration, and the latter can effectively prevent the NGHS from trapping into the local optimum. Based on a large number of experiments, the proposed algorithm has demonstrated stronger capacity of space exploration than most other approaches on solving reliability problems. The results show that the NGHS can be an efficient alternative for solving reliability problems.
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paper_title: Music Composition Using Harmony Search Algorithm

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Music pieces have been composed using a behavior-inspired evolutionary algorithm, harmony search (HS). The HS algorithm mimics behaviors of music players in an improvisation process, where each player produces a pitch based on one of three operations (random selection, memory consideration, and pitch adjustment) in order to find a better state of harmony which can be translated into a solution vector in the optimization process. When HS was applied to the organum (an early form of polyphonic music) composition, it could successfully compose harmony lines based on original Gregorian chant lines.
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paper_title: Music-Inspired Harmony Search Algorithm: Theory and Applications

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Calculus has been used in solving many scientific and engineering problems. For optimization problems, however, the differential calculus technique sometimes has a drawback when the objective function is step-wise, discontinuous, or multi-modal, or when decision variables are discrete rather than continuous. Thus, researchers have recently turned their interests into metaheuristic algorithms that have been inspired by natural phenomena such as evolution, animal behavior, or metallic annealing. This book especially focuses on a music-inspired metaheuristic algorithm, harmony search. Interestingly, there exists an analogy between music and optimization: each musical instrument corresponds to each decision variable; musical note corresponds to variable value; and, harmony corresponds to solution vector. Just like musicians in Jazz improvisation play notes randomly or based on experiences in order to find fantastic harmony, variables in the harmony search algorithm have random values or previously-memorized good values in order to find optimal solution.
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paper_title: An Introduction to the Hybrid HS-SQP Method and Its Applications

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This chapter aims to present recent developments and applications concerning optimization with the hybrid HS-SQP method. This method has been successfully utilized in several engineering applications. In addition to the introduction of the concept of HS-SQP method, this chapter also presents some selected representative case studies covering synthesis of cost-optimal heat exchanger networks and economic utilization of electric power systems.
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paper_title: OPTIMUM DESIGN OF STEEL SWAY FRAMES TO BS5950 USING HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHM

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Abstract Harmony search method based optimum design algorithm is presented for the steel sway frames. The harmony search method is a numerical optimization technique developed recently that imitates the musical performance process which takes place when a musician searches for a better state of harmony. Jazz improvisation seeks to find musically pleasing harmony similar to the optimum design process which seeks to find the optimum solution. The optimum design algorithm developed imposes the behavioral and performance constraints in accordance with BS5950. The member grouping is allowed so that the same section can be adopted for each group. The combined strength constraints considered for a beam–column take into account the lateral torsional buckling of the member. The algorithm presented selects the appropriate sections for beams and columns of the steel frame from the list of 64 Universal Beam sections and 32 Universal Column sections of the British Code. This selection is carried out so that the design limitations are satisfied and the weight of steel frame is the minimum. The number of design examples considered to demonstrate the efficiency of the algorithm is presented.
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paper_title: Simultaneous determination of aquifer parameters and zone structures with fuzzy c-means clustering and meta-heuristic harmony search algorithm

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This study proposes an inverse solution algorithm through which both the aquifer parameters and the zone structure of these parameters can be determined based on a given set of observations on piezometric heads. In the zone structure identification problem fuzzy c-means (FCM) clustering method is used. The association of the zone structure with the transmissivity distribution is accomplished through an optimization model. The meta-heuristic harmony search (HS) algorithm, which is conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony, is used as an optimization technique. The optimum parameter zone structure is identified based on three criteria which are the residual error, parameter uncertainty, and structure discrimination. A numerical example given in the literature is solved to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithm. Also, a sensitivity analysis is performed to test the performance of the HS algorithm for different sets of solution parameters. Results indicate that the proposed solution algorithm is an effective way in the simultaneous identification of aquifer parameters and their corresponding zone structures.
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paper_title: Ecological optimization using harmony search

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The music-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm, harmony search, was applied to a natural reserve selection problem for preserving species and their habitats. The problem was formulated as an optimization problem (maximal covering species problem; MCSP) to maximize covered species with minimal efforts. Then, it was solved by an improved harmony search (HS) algorithm which includes problem-specific operations. When applied to real-world problem in the state of Oregon, USA, the harmony search algorithm found better solutions than those of another meta-heuristic algorithm, simulated annealing.
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paper_title: Recent Advances In Harmony Search Algorithm

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Nowadays, music-inspired phenomenon-mimicking harmony search algorithm is fast growing with many applications. One of key success factors of the algorithm is the employment of a novel stochastic derivative which can be used even for discrete variables. Instead of traditional calculus-based gradient, the algorithm utilizes musicians experience as a derivative in searching for an optimal solution. This can be a new paradigm and main reason in the successes of various applications. The goal of this book is to introduce major advances of the harmony search algorithm in recent years. The book contains 14 chapters with the following subjects: State-of-the-art in the harmony search algorithm structure; robotics (robot terrain and manipulator trajectory); visual tracking; web text data mining; power flow planning; fuzzy control system; hybridization (with Taguchi method or SQP method); groundwater management; irrigation ; logistics; timetabling; and bioinformatics (RNA structure prediction). This book collects the above-mentioned theory and applications, which are dispersed in various technical publications, so that readers can have a good grasp of current status of the harmony search algorithm and foster new breakthroughs in their fields using the algorithm.
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paper_title: Improved harmony search for detection with photon density wave

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Based on the solution of the diffusion equation for photon density wave in rectangular coordinates, a model of a three dimensional cubic tissue with an abnormity for the inverse problem is established. By use of the analytic expression of the photon density and the least squares (LS) method, the objective function for solving the inverse problem is constructed. Then, an adaptive Harmony Search (HS) is presented and employed to seek the possible solution. In the improved algorithm, the harmony memory considering rate (HMCR) and the pitch adjusting rate (PAR) are adjusted in the searching process to obtain more accurate solution of the detection problem. The numerical experiments for comparisons of the conventional HS and the adaptive HS are given. The results show that the improved algorithm can be used to localize the abnormity embedded in the tissue with a good agreement with the presupposed location parameters. It can be concluded that AHS algorithm is more effective than the conventional HS for the inverse problems similar to the detection using photon density wave.
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paper_title: Population Variance Harmony Search Algorithm to Solve Optimal Power Flow with Non-Smooth Cost Function

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This chapter presents a novel Harmony Search (HS) algorithm used to solve security constrained optimal power flow (OPF) with various generator fuel cost characteristics. HS is a recently developed derivative-free, meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, which draws inspiration from the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. This chapter analyses the evolution of the population-variance over successive generations in HS and thereby draws some important attention regarding the explorative power of HS. This novel methodology of modified population variance harmony search algorithm (PVHS) easily takes care of solving optimal power flow problem even with non-smooth and piecewise cost functions. This PVHS algorithm was tested on the IEEE30 bus system with three different types of cost characteristics and compared with other reported results.
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paper_title: An Optimization Algorithm Based on Harmony Search for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction

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The determination of RNA molecules function relies heavily on its secondary structure. The current physical methods for RNA structure determination are time consuming and expensive. Hence, the methods of computational prediction of structure are the better alternatives. Various algorithms have been used for the RNA structure prediction, including dynamic programming and meta-heuristic algorithms. This chapter proposes the meta-heuristic harmony search algorithm (HSRNAFold) to find RNA secondary structure with minimum free energy and similarity to the native structure. HSRNAFold is compared to dynamic programming techniques: RNAFold and the benchmark, Mfold. The results show that HSRNAFold is comparable to dynamic programming in finding the minimum free energies in all RNA test sequences. The proposed method is efficient and promising in predicting the RNA secondary structure based on the minimum free energy.
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paper_title: Solving the sum-of-ratios problems by a harmony search algorithm

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The sum-of-ratios problems have numerous applications in economy and engineering. The sum-of-ratios problems are considered to be difficult, as these functions are highly nonconvex and multimodal. In this study, we propose a harmony search algorithm for solving a sum-of-ratios problem. Numerical examples are also presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method. In all cases, the solutions obtained using this method are superior to those obtained from other methods.
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paper_title: Harmonic optimization in multi-level inverters using harmony search algorithm

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This paper presents a new method to optimize harmonic stepped waveform for multi-level inverters using harmony search algorithm. The method has the benefit of high rate of convergence and precision compared to other conventional optimization methods. The proposed technique can be applied to multi-level inverters with any number of levels. The goal of optimization is to eliminate some low order harmonics and to maintain the fundamental component at the desired value. As a case study, the method is applied and tested on a 13-level inverter. Simulation results show the effectiveness and flexibility of the proposed method.
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paper_title: Harmony Search in Therapeutic Medical Physics

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Medical physics is a branch of physics that concerns the application of radiation for therapeutic and diagnostic use in medicine. In therapeutic medical physics, ionizing radiation is used to treat patients afflicted with cancer. The main goal in radiotherapy is to deliver a high amount of radiation dose to cancer cells while sparing surrounding organs. The process begins with radiation treatment planning that requires optimization of radioisotope placement or radiation beam intensities. Prior optimization algorithms, such as genetic algorithm and simulated annealing, have been widely discussed in medical physics literature. However, Harmony Search has shown to be a superior optimization algorithm based on the results in other scientific fields. Thus, this study investigated high dose-rate prostate brachytherapy optimization using Harmony Search. Results showed that the algorithm is significantly faster than genetic algorithm and that rapid planning allows improved patient care in medical physics.
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paper_title: Parameter estimation of the nonlinear Muskingum model using harmony search

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: A newly developed heuristic algorithm, Harmony Search, is applied to the parameter estimation problem of the nonlinear Muskingum model. Harmony Search found better values of parameters in the nonlinear Muskingum model than five other methods including another heuristic method, genetic algorithm, in terms of SSQ (the sum of the square of the deviations between the observed and routed outflows), SAD (the sum of the absolute value of the deviations between the observed and routed outflows), DPO (deviations of peak of routed and actual flows), and DPOT (deviations of peak time of routed and actual outflow). Harmony Search also has the advantage that it does not require the process of assuming the initial values of design parameters. The sensitivity analysis of Harmony Memory Considering Rate showed that relatively large values of Harmony Memory Considering Rate makes the Harmony Search converge to a better solution.
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paper_title: A novel approach for synthesis of cost-optimal heat exchanger networks

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This study presents a new hybrid methodology for synthesis of cost-optimal heat exchanger networks (HENs). The problem is solved in a two-level approach. The upper level generates the structure of HENs using harmony search (HS) algorithm. To evaluate the minimum cost of each structure, it is sent to the lower level in which the heat load of units and stream-split fractions are optimized by a combination of the HS and sequential quadratic programming (SQP). Based on the cost obtained for each structure HS ranks the HENs and produces new structures until algorithm converges to optimal solution. For validation purpose, three benchmark problems are examined and also a real-world industrial-sized problem is solved to demonstrate the applicability of this method for large-sized problems. The results of this study show that the new approach is able to find more economical networks than those generated by other methods.
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paper_title: Iterative Multiuser Detection and Channel Decoding for DS-CDMA Using Harmony Search

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A novel random-guided optimization method is proposed for multiuser detection (MUD) in DS-CDMA systems employing the so-called harmony search (HS) algorithm. We specifically design the HS-aided MUD for the communications problem considered and apply it in an iterative joint MUD and channel decoding framework. Our simulation results demonstrate that a near-single-user performance can be achieved without the employment of the full-search-based optimum MUD even in extremely highly loaded DS-CDMA systems.
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paper_title: Parameters Choice Criteria in Harmony Annealing for Function Optimization

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In this paper, the effects of the parameters in harmony annealing al go rithm for multi-extremum function optimization problems are conjectured with a b rief introduction of the algorithm. The conclusions are verified by the numerica l experimental results of several test functions. Parameter choice criteria of h armony annealing algorithm are concluded based on the analysis and the results, for applications of the algorithm to engineering problems and the further explor ation of adaptive parameter adjustment.
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paper_title: The harmony search heuristic algorithm for discrete structural optimization

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Many methods have been developed and are in use for structural size optimization problems, in which the cross-sectional areas or sizing variables are usually assumed to be continuous. In most practical structural engineering design problems, however, the design variables are discrete. This paper proposes an efficient optimization method for structures with discrete-sized variables based on the harmony search (HS) heuristic algorithm. The recently developed HS algorithm was conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. In this article, a discrete search strategy using the HS algorithm is presented in detail and its effectiveness and robustness, as compared to current discrete optimization methods, are demonstrated through several standard truss examples. The numerical results reveal that the proposed method is a powerful search and design optimization tool f...
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paper_title: Music-Inspired Harmony Search Algorithm: Theory and Applications

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Calculus has been used in solving many scientific and engineering problems. For optimization problems, however, the differential calculus technique sometimes has a drawback when the objective function is step-wise, discontinuous, or multi-modal, or when decision variables are discrete rather than continuous. Thus, researchers have recently turned their interests into metaheuristic algorithms that have been inspired by natural phenomena such as evolution, animal behavior, or metallic annealing. This book especially focuses on a music-inspired metaheuristic algorithm, harmony search. Interestingly, there exists an analogy between music and optimization: each musical instrument corresponds to each decision variable; musical note corresponds to variable value; and, harmony corresponds to solution vector. Just like musicians in Jazz improvisation play notes randomly or based on experiences in order to find fantastic harmony, variables in the harmony search algorithm have random values or previously-memorized good values in order to find optimal solution.
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paper_title: Harmony Annealing Algorithm for Multi-dimensional Function Optimization

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Based on the combination of harmony search and simulated annealing, a novel optimizing method, harmony annealing algorithm (HAA), for solving multi-dimensional real optimization problems is presented in this paper. With the main search mechanism of harmony search , the solution generation outside harmony memory is improved by using very fast simulated annealing and the solution combination inside harmony memory is modified. So that the search efficiency for solving multi-dimensional optimizing problems is improved. Experimental numerical results show that the search efficiency of the new method is much higher than that of harmony search, especially for solving multi-dimensional and multimodal optimization problems. Further exploration and application are proposed.
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paper_title: Parameters Choice Criteria in Harmony Annealing for Function Optimization

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In this paper, the effects of the parameters in harmony annealing al go rithm for multi-extremum function optimization problems are conjectured with a b rief introduction of the algorithm. The conclusions are verified by the numerica l experimental results of several test functions. Parameter choice criteria of h armony annealing algorithm are concluded based on the analysis and the results, for applications of the algorithm to engineering problems and the further explor ation of adaptive parameter adjustment.
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paper_title: A hybrid algorithm for optimizing multi-modal functions

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A new genetic algorithm is presented based on the musical performance. The novelty of this algorithm is that a new genetic algorithm, mimicking the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony, which increases the robustness of it greatly and gives a new meaning of it in the meantime, has been developed. Combining the advantages of the new genetic algorithm, simplex algorithm and tabu search, a hybrid algorithm is proposed. In order to verify the effectiveness of the hybrid algorithm, it is applied to solving some typical numerical function optimization problems which are poorly solved by traditional genetic algorithms. The experimental results show that the hybrid algorithm is fast and reliable.
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paper_title: Modified Harmony Search Methods for Uni-Modal and Multi-Modal Optimization

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The harmony search (HS) method is an emerging meta-heuristic optimization algorithm. In this paper, we propose two modified HS methods to deal with the uni-modal and multi-modal optimization problems. The first modified HS method is based on the fusion of the HS and differential evolution (DE) technique, namely, HS-DE. The DE is employed here to optimize the members of the HS memory. The second modified HS method utilizes a novel HS memory management approach, and it targets at handling the multi-modal problems. Several nonlinear functions are used to demonstrate and verify the effectiveness of our two new HS methods.
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paper_title: Global-best harmony search

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Harmony search (HS) is a new meta-heuristic optimization method imitating the music improvisation process where musicians improvise their instruments’ pitches searching for a perfect state of harmony. A new variant of HS, called global-best harmony search (GHS), is proposed in this paper where concepts from swarm intelligence are borrowed to enhance the performance of HS. The performance of the GHS is investigated and compared with HS and a recently developed variation of HS. The experiments conducted show that the GHS generally outperformed the other approaches when applied to ten benchmark problems. The effect of noise on the performance of the three HS variants is investigated and a scalability study is conducted. The effect of the GHS parameters is analyzed. Finally, the three HS variants are compared on several Integer Programming test problems. The results show that the three approaches seem to be an efficient alternative for solving Integer Programming problems. 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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paper_title: Web Text Mining Using Harmony Search

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The Harmony Search (HS) algorithm in recent years has been applied in many applications in computer science and engineering. This chapter is intended to review the application of the HS method in the area of web document clustering. Clustering is a problem of great practical importance that has been the focus of substantial research in several domains for decades. It is defined as the problem of partitioning data objects into groups, such that objects in the same group are similar, while objects in different groups are dissimilar. Due to the high-dimension and sparseness properties of documents the problem of clustering becomes more challenging when we apply it on web documents. Two algorithms in literature were proposed for clustering web documents with HS which will be reviewed in this chapter. Also three hybridization of HS based clustering with K-means algorithm will be reviewed. It will be shown that the HS method can outperform other methods in terms of solution quality and computational time.
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paper_title: Hybridization of K-Means and Harmony Search Methods for Web Page Clustering

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Clustering is currently one of the most crucial techniques for dealing with massive amount of heterogeneous information on the web, which is beyond human beingpsilas capacity to digest. Recent studies have shown that the most commonly used partitioning-based clustering algorithm, the K-means algorithm, is more suitable for large datasets. However, the K-means algorithm can generate a local optimal solution. In this paper we present novel harmony search clustering algorithms that deal with documents clustering based on harmony search optimization method. By modeling clustering as an optimization problem, first, we propose a pure harmony search based clustering algorithm that finds near global optimal clusters within a reasonable time. Contrary to the localized searching of the K-means algorithm, the harmony search clustering algorithm performs a globalized search in the entire solution space. Then harmony clustering is integrated with the K-means algorithm in three ways to achieve better clustering. The proposed algorithms improve the K-means algorithm by making it less dependent on the initial parameters such as randomly chosen initial cluster centers, hence more stable. In the experiments we conducted, we applied the proposed algorithms, K-means clustering algorithm on five different document datasets. Experimental results reveal that the proposed algorithms can find better clusters when compared to K-means and the quality of clusters is comparable and converge to the best known optimum faster than it.
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paper_title: Harmony K-means algorithm for document clustering

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Fast and high quality document clustering is a crucial task in organizing information, search engine results, enhancing web crawling, and information retrieval or filtering. Recent studies have shown that the most commonly used partition-based clustering algorithm, the K-means algorithm, is more suitable for large datasets. However, the K-means algorithm can generate a local optimal solution. In this paper we propose a novel Harmony K-means Algorithm (HKA) that deals with document clustering based on Harmony Search (HS) optimization method. It is proved by means of finite Markov chain theory that the HKA converges to the global optimum. To demonstrate the effectiveness and speed of HKA, we have applied HKA algorithms on some standard datasets. We also compare the HKA with other meta-heuristic and model-based document clustering approaches. Experimental results reveal that the HKA algorithm converges to the best known optimum faster than other methods and the quality of clusters are comparable.
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paper_title: Web document clustering based on Global-Best Harmony Search, K-means, Frequent Term Sets and Bayesian Information Criterion

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This paper introduces a new description-centric algorithm for web document clustering based on the hybridization of the Global-Best Harmony Search with the K-means algorithm, Frequent Term Sets and Bayesian Information Criterion. The new algorithm defines the number of clusters automatically. The Global-Best Harmony Search provides a global strategy for a search in the solution space, based on the Harmony Search and the concept of swarm intelligence. The K-means algorithm is used to find the optimum value in a local search space. Bayesian Information Criterion is used as a fitness function, while FP-Growth is used to reduce the high dimensionality in the vocabulary. This resulting algorithm, called IGBHSK, was tested with data sets based on Reuters-21578 and DMOZ, obtaining promising results (better precision results than a Singular Value Decomposition algorithm). Also, it was also then evaluated by a group of users.
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paper_title: Novel meta-heuristic algorithms for clustering web documents

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Clustering the web documents is one of the most important approaches for mining and extracting knowledge from the web. Recently, one of the most attractive trends in clustering the high dimensional web pages has been tilt toward the learning and optimization approaches. In this paper, we propose novel hybrid harmony search (HS) based algorithms for clustering the web documents that finds a globally optimal partition of them into a specified number of clusters. By modeling clustering as an optimization problem, first, we propose a pure harmony search-based clustering algorithm that finds near global optimal clusters within a reasonable time. Then, we hybridize K-means and harmony clustering in two ways to achieve better clustering. Experimental results reveal that the proposed algorithms can find better clusters when compared to similar methods and also illustrate the robustness of the hybrid clustering algorithms.
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paper_title: Harmony Search Optimization Algorithm: Application to a Reconfigurable Mobile Robot Prototype

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The terrain of the mobile robot provides the only and powerful thrust. Therefore, the optimal prototype design with respect to the terrain is important for the robot in the sandlot or soft soiled environments. In this chapter, a Harmony Search Multi-Objective Optimization (HSMOO) with constraints is proposed to the design of a reconfigurable mobile robot with respect to the terramechanics, and the optimal configuration prototype is then obtained. The actual condition shows that in the process of mobile robot design and manufacture, the HSMOO is effective to the issue of the mobile robot reconfiguration.
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paper_title: Harmony search based algorithms for bandwidth-delay-constrained least-cost multicast routing

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The advent of various real-time multimedia applications in high-speed networks creates a need for quality of service (QoS) based multicast routing. Two important QoS constraints are the bandwidth constraint and the end-to-end delay constraint. The QoS based multicast routing problem is a known NP-complete problem that depends on (1) bounded end-to-end delay and link bandwidth along the paths from the source to each destination, and (2) minimum cost of the multicast tree. In this paper, we presents novel centralized algorithms to solve the bandwidth-delay-constrained least-cost multicast routing problem based on the harmony search (HS) algorithm. Our first algorithm uses modified Prufer number as Steiner tree representation that is called HSPR. Prufer number has poor locality and heritability in evolutionary search, so, we describe a new representation, node parent index (NPI) representation, for representing trees and describe harmony operations accord to this representation. Our second algorithm is based on NPI representation that is called HSNPI, an empirical study to determine the impacts of different parameters of the HSNPI algorithm on the solution quality and convergence behavior was performed. We evaluate the performance and efficiency of our proposed methods with a GA-based algorithm and a modified version of the bounded shortest multicast algorithm (BSMA). Simulation results on randomly generated networks and real topologies indicate that HSNPI algorithm that we proposed has overcome other three algorithms on a variety of random generated networks considering average tree cost.
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paper_title: Optimal Trajectory of Robot Manipulator Using Harmony Search Algorithms

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This research proposes a method of obtaining an optimal trajectory of robot manipulator by using Harmony Search (HS). Despite the fact that the Sequential Quadratic Programming (SQP) is popular as a solving method for optimum trajectory problems, SQP needs a suitable initial value. The HS algorithm does however not require such process of setting initial value. Two results are compared using minimum traveling time as the objective function since time is the vital key for productivity particularly in the industrial sector. The state variables of 6-DOFs robot arm are simulated and the kinematics constraints are also considered. The results show that HS obtains the better solution than SQP method with the unsuitable initial value. Moreover, the hybrid HS and SQP method, Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm (HHSA) is effective and acceptable for solving the optimal trajectory problem without its initial value finding process. Therefore, the important role of HS is that it can be applied to assist SQP to converge to the global optimum.
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paper_title: The harmony search heuristic algorithm for discrete structural optimization

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Many methods have been developed and are in use for structural size optimization problems, in which the cross-sectional areas or sizing variables are usually assumed to be continuous. In most practical structural engineering design problems, however, the design variables are discrete. This paper proposes an efficient optimization method for structures with discrete-sized variables based on the harmony search (HS) heuristic algorithm. The recently developed HS algorithm was conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. In this article, a discrete search strategy using the HS algorithm is presented in detail and its effectiveness and robustness, as compared to current discrete optimization methods, are demonstrated through several standard truss examples. The numerical results reveal that the proposed method is a powerful search and design optimization tool f...
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paper_title: An Introduction to the Hybrid HS-SQP Method and Its Applications

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This chapter aims to present recent developments and applications concerning optimization with the hybrid HS-SQP method. This method has been successfully utilized in several engineering applications. In addition to the introduction of the concept of HS-SQP method, this chapter also presents some selected representative case studies covering synthesis of cost-optimal heat exchanger networks and economic utilization of electric power systems.
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paper_title: Recent Advances In Harmony Search Algorithm

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Nowadays, music-inspired phenomenon-mimicking harmony search algorithm is fast growing with many applications. One of key success factors of the algorithm is the employment of a novel stochastic derivative which can be used even for discrete variables. Instead of traditional calculus-based gradient, the algorithm utilizes musicians experience as a derivative in searching for an optimal solution. This can be a new paradigm and main reason in the successes of various applications. The goal of this book is to introduce major advances of the harmony search algorithm in recent years. The book contains 14 chapters with the following subjects: State-of-the-art in the harmony search algorithm structure; robotics (robot terrain and manipulator trajectory); visual tracking; web text data mining; power flow planning; fuzzy control system; hybridization (with Taguchi method or SQP method); groundwater management; irrigation ; logistics; timetabling; and bioinformatics (RNA structure prediction). This book collects the above-mentioned theory and applications, which are dispersed in various technical publications, so that readers can have a good grasp of current status of the harmony search algorithm and foster new breakthroughs in their fields using the algorithm.
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paper_title: Improved harmony search for detection with photon density wave

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Based on the solution of the diffusion equation for photon density wave in rectangular coordinates, a model of a three dimensional cubic tissue with an abnormity for the inverse problem is established. By use of the analytic expression of the photon density and the least squares (LS) method, the objective function for solving the inverse problem is constructed. Then, an adaptive Harmony Search (HS) is presented and employed to seek the possible solution. In the improved algorithm, the harmony memory considering rate (HMCR) and the pitch adjusting rate (PAR) are adjusted in the searching process to obtain more accurate solution of the detection problem. The numerical experiments for comparisons of the conventional HS and the adaptive HS are given. The results show that the improved algorithm can be used to localize the abnormity embedded in the tissue with a good agreement with the presupposed location parameters. It can be concluded that AHS algorithm is more effective than the conventional HS for the inverse problems similar to the detection using photon density wave.
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paper_title: Population Variance Harmony Search Algorithm to Solve Optimal Power Flow with Non-Smooth Cost Function

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This chapter presents a novel Harmony Search (HS) algorithm used to solve security constrained optimal power flow (OPF) with various generator fuel cost characteristics. HS is a recently developed derivative-free, meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, which draws inspiration from the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. This chapter analyses the evolution of the population-variance over successive generations in HS and thereby draws some important attention regarding the explorative power of HS. This novel methodology of modified population variance harmony search algorithm (PVHS) easily takes care of solving optimal power flow problem even with non-smooth and piecewise cost functions. This PVHS algorithm was tested on the IEEE30 bus system with three different types of cost characteristics and compared with other reported results.
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paper_title: Harmonic optimization in multi-level inverters using harmony search algorithm

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This paper presents a new method to optimize harmonic stepped waveform for multi-level inverters using harmony search algorithm. The method has the benefit of high rate of convergence and precision compared to other conventional optimization methods. The proposed technique can be applied to multi-level inverters with any number of levels. The goal of optimization is to eliminate some low order harmonics and to maintain the fundamental component at the desired value. As a case study, the method is applied and tested on a 13-level inverter. Simulation results show the effectiveness and flexibility of the proposed method.
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paper_title: Iterative Multiuser Detection and Channel Decoding for DS-CDMA Using Harmony Search

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A novel random-guided optimization method is proposed for multiuser detection (MUD) in DS-CDMA systems employing the so-called harmony search (HS) algorithm. We specifically design the HS-aided MUD for the communications problem considered and apply it in an iterative joint MUD and channel decoding framework. Our simulation results demonstrate that a near-single-user performance can be achieved without the employment of the full-search-based optimum MUD even in extremely highly loaded DS-CDMA systems.
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paper_title: OPTIMUM DESIGN OF STEEL SWAY FRAMES TO BS5950 USING HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHM

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Abstract Harmony search method based optimum design algorithm is presented for the steel sway frames. The harmony search method is a numerical optimization technique developed recently that imitates the musical performance process which takes place when a musician searches for a better state of harmony. Jazz improvisation seeks to find musically pleasing harmony similar to the optimum design process which seeks to find the optimum solution. The optimum design algorithm developed imposes the behavioral and performance constraints in accordance with BS5950. The member grouping is allowed so that the same section can be adopted for each group. The combined strength constraints considered for a beam–column take into account the lateral torsional buckling of the member. The algorithm presented selects the appropriate sections for beams and columns of the steel frame from the list of 64 Universal Beam sections and 32 Universal Column sections of the British Code. This selection is carried out so that the design limitations are satisfied and the weight of steel frame is the minimum. The number of design examples considered to demonstrate the efficiency of the algorithm is presented.
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paper_title: Optimal cost design of water distribution networks using harmony search

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This study presents a cost minimization model for the design of water distribution networks. The model uses a recently developed harmony search optimization algorithm while satisfying all the design constraints. The harmony search algorithm mimics a jazz improvisation process in order to find better design solutions, in this case pipe diameters in a water distribution network. The model also interfaces with a popular hydraulic simulator, EPANET, to check the hydraulic constraints. If the design solution vector violates the hydraulic constraints, the amount of violation is considered in the cost function as a penalty. The model was applied to five water distribution networks, and obtained designs that were either the same or cost 0.28–10.26% less than those of competitive meta-heuristic algorithms, such as the genetic algorithm, simulated annealing and tabu search under similar or less favorable conditions. The results show that the harmony search-based model is suitable for water network design.
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paper_title: Harmony Search as a Metaheuristic Algorithm

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This first chapter intends to review and analyze the powerful new Harmony Search (HS) algorithm in the context of metaheuristic algorithms. We will first outline the fundamental steps of HS, and show how it works. We then try to identify the characteristics of metaheuristics and analyze why HS is a good metaheuristic algorithm. We then review briefly other popular metaheuristics such as particle swarm optimization so as to find their similarities and differences with HS. Finally, we will discuss the ways to improve and develop new variants of HS, and make suggestions for further research including open questions.
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paper_title: Solving the sum-of-ratios problems by a harmony search algorithm

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The sum-of-ratios problems have numerous applications in economy and engineering. The sum-of-ratios problems are considered to be difficult, as these functions are highly nonconvex and multimodal. In this study, we propose a harmony search algorithm for solving a sum-of-ratios problem. Numerical examples are also presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method. In all cases, the solutions obtained using this method are superior to those obtained from other methods.
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paper_title: Ecological optimization using harmony search

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The music-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm, harmony search, was applied to a natural reserve selection problem for preserving species and their habitats. The problem was formulated as an optimization problem (maximal covering species problem; MCSP) to maximize covered species with minimal efforts. Then, it was solved by an improved harmony search (HS) algorithm which includes problem-specific operations. When applied to real-world problem in the state of Oregon, USA, the harmony search algorithm found better solutions than those of another meta-heuristic algorithm, simulated annealing.
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Title: A Survey of Harmony Search Algorithm

Section 1: INTRODUCTION
Description 1: Introduce the Harmony Search (HS) algorithm, its origins, advantages, and general framework. Discuss its significance in the field of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) and the organization of the paper.

Section 2: BASIC HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHM
Description 2: Detail the fundamental principles and steps of the HS algorithm, including parameters initialization, harmony memory initialization, improvisation process, harmony memory update, and termination criteria.

Section 3: HS over other optimization strategies
Description 3: Compare the Harmony Search algorithm with other heuristic and metaheuristic optimization strategies. Discuss the balance between diversification and intensification, and the influence of algorithmic components on performance.

Section 4: IMPROVEMENTS OF HS ALGORITHM
Description 4: Describe various improvements and modifications made to the original HS algorithm, such as Improved Harmony Search (IHS), Global-best Harmony Search (GHS), Novel Global Harmony Search (NGHS), and Chaotic Harmony Search algorithms.

Section 5: HS APPLICATIONS
Description 5: Discuss the applicability of the HS algorithm in various domains, such as operations research, computer science, electrical engineering, civil engineering, economics, and ecology, providing examples of successful implementations.

Section 6: CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
Description 6: Summarize the effectiveness and potential of the Harmony Search algorithm. Suggest areas for future research, particularly focusing on overcoming the limitation of getting stuck in local solutions.