A modified firefly-inspired algorithm for global computational optimization
Iván Amaya, Jorge M. Cruz‐Duarte, Rodrigo Correa · DYNA · 2014
"This article compares the original firefly -Inspired algorithm (FA) against two versions suggested by the authors. It was found that by using some modifications proposed in this document, the convergence time of the algo rithm is reduced, while increasing its prec ision (i.e. it is able to converge with less e rror). Thus, it is strongly recommended that th ese variants are furt her analyzed, espec ially for the solution of systems of nonlinear equations, since the exploratory te st that has been performed yielded good results (i.e. the r oots found by the algorithm were quite close to the theo retical one). Moreover, it was also found th at the algorithm is dependent on the swar m size, especially when dealing with planar regions. Keywords : Firefly algorithm; global optimiz ation; standard test functions."