Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization

• Main Authors: Qin, Feng, AZLAN, MOHD ZAIN, KAI-QING, ZHOU, Norfadzlan, Yusup, DIDIK DWI, PRASETYA, ROZITA, ABDUL JALIL, ZAHEERA, ZAINAL ABIDIN, MAHADI, BAHARI, YUSRI, KAMIN, MAZLINA, ABDUL MAJID
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2025
• Subjects: QA Mathematics; QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47426/1/Hybrid_Harmony_Search_Algorithm_Integrating_Differential_Evolution_and_Lvy_Flight_for_Engineering_Optimization.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47426/; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10840216/authors#authors

Harmony search algorithm (HSA) is extensively utilized in engineering optimization. Nevertheless, it encounters problems of slow convergence and reduced accuracy, which hinder its capability to escape local optima. This paper proposes HSA-DELF, a novel hybrid algorithm that combines differential...