Application of mutation operators to flower pollination algorithm
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Highlights：
• A new concept based on mutation operators is applied to flower pollination algorithm (FPA).
• Based on mutation, five new variants of FPA are proposed.
• Dynamic switch probability is used in all the proposed variants.
• Benchmarking of Variants with respect to standard FPA.
• Benchmarking and statistical testing of the best variant with respect to state-of-the-art algorithms.
摘要
•A new concept based on mutation operators is applied to flower pollination algorithm (FPA).•Based on mutation, five new variants of FPA are proposed.•Dynamic switch probability is used in all the proposed variants.•Benchmarking of Variants with respect to standard FPA.•Benchmarking and statistical testing of the best variant with respect to state-of-the-art algorithms.
论文关键词：Gaussian mutation,Cauchy mutation,Adaptive Levy mutation,Mean mutation,Adaptive mean mutation,Combined mutation,Flower pollination algorithm
论文评审过程：Received 1 December 2016, Revised 23 February 2017, Accepted 24 February 2017, Available online 27 February 2017, Version of Record 6 March 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.02.035
