A new improved fruit fly optimization algorithm IAFOA and its application to solve engineering optimization problems

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Highlights：

• A new improved fruit fly optimization algorithm called IAFOA is proposed.

• IAFOA includes four extra mechanisms compared with original FOA.

• Experiment results show that IAFOA has better performance than several other algorithms.

• IAFOA is used to solve engineering optimization problems.

摘要

•A new improved fruit fly optimization algorithm called IAFOA is proposed.•IAFOA includes four extra mechanisms compared with original FOA.•Experiment results show that IAFOA has better performance than several other algorithms.•IAFOA is used to solve engineering optimization problems.

论文关键词：Fruit fly optimization algorithm,Optimal search direction,Iteration step value,Crossover and mutation operations,Multi-sub-swarm,Engineering optimization problem

论文评审过程：Received 14 July 2017, Revised 24 November 2017, Accepted 27 December 2017, Available online 27 December 2017, Version of Record 14 February 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2017.12.031