A Novel Hybrid Algorithm Based on Grey Wolf Optimizer and Fireworks Algorithm

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 7; p. 2147
• Main Authors: Yue, Zhihang, Zhang, Sen, Xiao, Wendong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 10.04.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Biogeography; Biomimetics; Computer Simulation; exploitation and exploration; Explosions; Fireworks Algorithm; Grey Wolf Optimizer; Heuristic; hybrid algorithm; Mathematical models; Optimization algorithms; Parameter estimation; Performance evaluation; Wolves; hybrid algorithm; Grey Wolf Optimizer; Fireworks Algorithm; exploitation and exploration
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s20072147

Grey wolf optimizer (GWO) is a meta-heuristic algorithm inspired by the hierarchy of grey wolves (Canis lupus). Fireworks algorithm (FWA) is a nature-inspired optimization method mimicking the explosion process of fireworks for optimization problems. Both of them have a strong optimal search capability. However, in some cases, GWO converges to the local optimum and FWA converges slowly. In this paper, a new hybrid algorithm (named as FWGWO) is proposed, which fuses the advantages of these two algorithms to achieve global optima effectively. The proposed algorithm combines the exploration ability of the fireworks algorithm with the exploitation ability of the grey wolf optimizer (GWO) by setting a balance coefficient. In order to test the competence of the proposed hybrid FWGWO, 16 well-known benchmark functions having a wide range of dimensions and varied complexities are used in this paper. The results of the proposed FWGWO are compared to nine other algorithms, including the standard FWA, the native GWO, enhanced grey wolf optimizer (EGWO), and augmented grey wolf optimizer (AGWO). The experimental results show that the FWGWO effectively improves the global optimal search capability and convergence speed of the GWO and FWA.