Modified Harmony Search Algorithm for Unconstrained Optimization Problems
Ou Yang Hai-bin, Li Ruo-ping, Liqun Gao · International Conference on Electric Technology and Civil Engineering · 2012
To enable the harmony search algorithm to transcend its limited capability of local optimum, a modified harmony search algorithm is proposed in this paper. In the modified harmony search algorithm, the mutation operation of differential evolution algorithm is introduced into MHS algorithm, which improves its convergence. Several standard benchmark optimization functions are to be test and compare the performance of the MHS. The results revealed the superiority of the proposed method to the HS and recently developed variants.