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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Ave, Tehran, Iran
2
Centre of Excellence for Fundamental Studies in Structural Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Narmak, P.O. Box 16846-13114, Iran
Abstract
In this study, a new hybrid method based on Firefly Algorithm (FA) and Harmony Search (HS) techniques, is presented for solving the least-cost design problem of water distribution systems (WDS). This algorithm is designed to improve the performance of the FA as a recently developed meta-heuristic that mimics the natural behaviour of fireflies. The use of such a nature–inspired optimization method to solve the optimal design problem of WDS needs particular modifications to produce high quality solutions. Therefore, a modification is proposed to the movement stage of artificial fireflies and based on the HS strategy a memory is utilized to save a number of the best solutions. Another improvement in this algorithm contains the addition of pitch adjustment operation in the FA as a mutation operator.The presented method is applied to optimal design of some well-known benchmark problems taken from literature, and the results confirm its validity. In addition, a sensitivity analysis is performed on the parameters of the algorithm.
Tahershamsi, A., Kaveh, A., Sheikholeslami, R., & Kazemzadeh Azad, S. (2014). An improved firefly algorithm with harmony search scheme for optimization of water distribution systems. Scientia Iranica, 21(5), 1591-1607.
MLA
Tahershamsi, A., Kaveh, A., Sheikholeslami, R., & Kazemzadeh Azad, S. "An improved firefly algorithm with harmony search scheme for optimization of water distribution systems", Scientia Iranica, 21, 5, 2014, 1591-1607.
HARVARD
Tahershamsi A., Kaveh A., Sheikholeslami R., Kazemzadeh Azad S. (2014). 'An improved firefly algorithm with harmony search scheme for optimization of water distribution systems', Scientia Iranica, 21(5), pp. 1591-1607.
CHICAGO
A. Tahershamsi, A. Kaveh, R. Sheikholeslami & S. Kazemzadeh Azad, "An improved firefly algorithm with harmony search scheme for optimization of water distribution systems," Scientia Iranica, 21 5 (2014): 1591-1607,
VANCOUVER
Tahershamsi A., Kaveh A., Sheikholeslami R., Kazemzadeh Azad S. An improved firefly algorithm with harmony search scheme for optimization of water distribution systems. Scientia Iranica. 2014;21(5):1591-1607.
