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Finding Multiple Roots of Systems of Nonlinear Equations by a Hybrid Harmony Search-Based Multistart Method

PP: 21-32
doi:10.18576/amis/120102
Author(s)
Gisela C. V. Ramadas, Edite M. G. P. Fernandes, Ana Maria A. C. Rocha,
Abstract
A multistart (MS) clustering technique to compute multiple roots of a system of nonlinear equations through the global optimization of an appropriate merit function is presented. The search procedure that is invoked to converge to a root, starting from a randomly generated point inside the search space, is a new variant of the harmony search (HS) metaheuristic. The HS draws its inspiration from an artistic process, the improvisation process of musicians seeking a wonderful harmony. The new hybrid HS algorithm is based on an improvisation operator that mimics the best harmony and uses the idea of a differential variation, borrowed from the differential evolution algorithm. Computational experiments involving a benchmark set of small and large dimensional problems with multiple roots are presented. The results show that the proposed hybrid HS-based MS algorithm is effective in locating multiple roots and competitive when compared with other metaheuristics.

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