Atom search optimization and its application to solve a hydrogeologic parameter estimation problem

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Highlights：

• A novel optimization algorithm called Atom Search Optimization (ASO) is proposed.

• ASO is benchmarked on 37 well-known test functions.

• The results on test functions show the competitiveness of ASO.

• The results on hydrogeologic parameter estimation confirm the performance of ASO.

摘要

•A novel optimization algorithm called Atom Search Optimization (ASO) is proposed.•ASO is benchmarked on 37 well-known test functions.•The results on test functions show the competitiveness of ASO.•The results on hydrogeologic parameter estimation confirm the performance of ASO.

论文关键词：Optimization algorithm,Heuristic algorithm,Benchmark functions,Atom search optimization,Global optimization,Metaheuristic,Parameter estimation

论文评审过程：Received 26 May 2018, Revised 21 August 2018, Accepted 24 August 2018, Available online 28 August 2018, Version of Record 21 November 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2018.08.030