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An Improved Honey Badger Algorithm through Fusing Multi-Strategies

Zhiwei Ye¹, Tao Zhao¹, Chun Liu^1,*, Daode Zhang¹, Wanfang Bai²

1 School of Computer Science, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, 430068, China
2 Xining Big Data Service Administration, Xining, 810000, China

* Corresponding Author: Chun Liu. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Optimization Algorithm in Real-World Applications)

Computers, Materials & Continua 2023, 76(2), 1479-1495. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.038787

Received 29 December 2022; Accepted 16 March 2023; Issue published 30 August 2023

Abstract

The Honey Badger Algorithm (HBA) is a novel meta-heuristic algorithm proposed recently inspired by the foraging behavior of honey badgers. The dynamic search behavior of honey badgers with sniffing and wandering is divided into exploration and exploitation in HBA, which has been applied in photovoltaic systems and optimization problems effectively. However, HBA tends to suffer from the local optimum and low convergence. To alleviate these challenges, an improved HBA (IHBA) through fusing multi-strategies is presented in the paper. It introduces Tent chaotic mapping and composite mutation factors to HBA, meanwhile, the random control parameter is improved, moreover, a diversified updating strategy of position is put forward to enhance the advantage between exploration and exploitation. IHBA is compared with 7 meta-heuristic algorithms in 10 benchmark functions and 5 engineering problems. The Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test, Friedman Test and Mann-Whitney U Test are conducted after emulation. The results indicate the competitiveness and merits of the IHBA, which has better solution quality and convergence traits. The source code is currently available from: .

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