Firefly Algorithm Inverse Radiative Transfer Problem

The study of inverse problems applied to radiative transfer has been the subject of numerous studies aiming many applications ranging from medicine to industry formulation for the parameter estimation inverse problems in radiative heat transfer is minimization of an objective function associated with the problem being analyzed. usually inspired by nature behaviors, have been shown effective in recovering functions, given a sufficiently high number of iterations. known as the Firefly Algorithm (FA), in the minimization procedure of the defined objective function. The inverse problem solution is also carried out for some new algorithms derived from the FA and proposed in this work. One of them, is the insertion of the technique known as the Opposition is the insertion of a fuzzy concept together with the definition of the center of mass of the firefly swarm. Each algorithm was tested in 30 runs, and the results obtained technique with the definition of the center of mass of the firefly swarm improved the FA canonical algorithm.