The K-Means algorithm is the widely used clustering technique. The performance ofthe K-Means algorithm depends highly on original cluster centers and converges to local minima. This paper proposes hybrid Artificial Fish Swarm Means (AFSK-Means) based clustering algorithm, by combining Particle Swarm Optimization with K-Means (PSOK) and Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm based K-Means (AFSA). The b...

the dogleg severity is one of the most important parameters in directional drilling. improvement of these indicators actually means choosing the best conditions for the directional drilling in order to reach the target point. selection of high levels of the dogleg severity actually means minimizing well trajectory, but on the other hand, increases fatigue in drill string, increases torque and d...

in this work, by using the particle swarm optimization the electron raman scattering for square double quantum wells is optimized. for this purpose, by combining the particle swarm algorithm together with the numerical solution procedures for equations, and also the perturbation theory we find the optimal structure that maximizes the electron raman scattering. application of this algorithm to t...

Metaheuristic algorithm is one of the most popular methods in solving many optimization problems. This paper presents a new hybrid approach comprising of two natures inspired metaheuristic algorithms i.e. Cuckoo Search (CS) and Accelerated Particle Swarm Optimization (APSO) for training Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). In order to increase the probability of the egg’s survival, the cuckoo bird...

In recent years, the Particle Swarm Optimization has rapidly gained increasing popularity and many variants and hybrid approaches have been proposed to improve it. In this paper, motivated by the behavior and the spatial characteristics of the social and cognitive experience of eachparticle in the swarm,wedevelop ahybrid framework that combines theParticle Swarm Optimization and the Differentia...

the vast use of linear prediction coefficients (lpc) in speech processing systems has intensified the importance of their accurate computation. this paper is concerned with computing lpc coefficients using evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithm (ga), particle swarm optimization (pso), dif-ferential evolution (de) and particle swarm optimization with differentially perturbed velocity (pso-dv...

in this paper, a stochastic cell formation problem is studied using queuing theory framework and considering reliability. since cell formation problem is np-hard, two algorithms based on genetic and modified particle swarm optimization (mpso) algorithms are developed to solve the problem. for generating initial solutions in these algorithms, a new heuristic method is developed, which always cre...

one of the main aims of water resource planners and managers is to estimate and predict the parameters of groundwater quality so that they can make managerial decisions. in this regard, there have many models developed, proposing better management in order to maintain water quality. most of these models require input parameters that are either hardly available or time-consuming and expensive to...

Efficient multiprocessor scheduling is essentially the problem of allocating a set of computational jobs to a set of processors to minimize the overall execution time. The main issue is how jobs are partitioned in which total finishing time and waiting time is minimized. Minimization of these two criteria simultaneously, is a multi objective optimization problem. There are many variations of th...

In view of the shortcomings of the test data generation algorithm including particle swarm optimization algorithm and ant colony algorithm, a new algorithm is proposed, which is based on the combination of particle swarm algorithm and parameter adjustment. This algorithm can dynamically adjust its search capabilities based on the fitness value of particles , combine the advantages of particle s...