Physical and Physic-Chemical Based Optimization Methods: A Review

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1 Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Optimization techniques can be divided to two groups: Traditional or numerical methods and methods based on stochastic. The essential problem of the traditional methods, that by searching the ideal variables are found for the point that differential reaches zero, is staying in local optimum points, can not solving the non-linear non-convex problems with lots of constraints and variables, and needs other complex mathematical operations such as derivative. In order to satisfy the aforementioned problems, the scientists become interested on meta-heuristic optimization techniques, those are classified into two essential kinds, which are single and population-based solutions. The method does not require unique knowledge to the problem. By general knowledge the optimal solution can be achieved. The optimization methods based on population can be divided into 4 classes from inspiration point of view and physical based optimization methods is one of them. Physical based optimization algorithm: that the physical rules are used for updating the solutions are:, Lighting Attachment Procedure Optimization (LAPO), Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) Water Evaporation Optimization Algorithm, Multi-Verse Optimizer (MVO), Galaxy-based Search Algorithm (GbSA), Small-World Optimization Algorithm (SWOA), Black Hole (BH) algorithm, Ray Optimization (RO) algorithm, Artificial Chemical Reaction Optimization Algorithm (ACROA), Central Force Optimization (CFO) and Charged System Search (CSS) are some of physical methods. In this paper physical and physic-chemical phenomena based optimization methods are discuss and compare with other optimization methods. Some examples of these methods are shown and results compared with other well known methods. The physical phenomena based methods are shown reasonable results.

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