Abstract
Differential evolution (DE) has been a popular algorithm for its simple structure and few control parameters. However, there are some open issues in DE regrading its mutation strategies. An interesting one is how to balance the exploration and exploitation behaviour when performing mutation, and this has attracted a growing number of research interests over a decade. To address this issue, this paper presents a triangular Gaussian mutation strategy. This strategy utilizes the physical positions and the fitness differences of the vertices in the triangular structure. Based on this strategy, a triangular Gaussian mutation to DE and its improved version (ITGDE) are suggested. Empirical studies are carried out on the 20 benchmark functions and show that, in comparison with several state-of-the-art DE variants, ITGDE obtains significantly better or at least comparable results, suggesting the proposed mutation strategy is promising for DE.
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (61501198), Wuhan Youth Science and Technology Chenguang program (2014072704011248), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2014CFB461).
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Guo, J., Wu, Y., Xie, W. et al. Triangular Gaussian mutation to differential evolution. Soft Comput 24, 9307–9320 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04455-9
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