• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.56 no.8
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• pp.3347-3358
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• 2024

Addressing the challenge of identifying an appropriate set of material and irradiation parameters for accurate simulation models using crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM), this study proposes a novel two-stage method for nano-indentation modeling of ion-irradiated face-centered cubic (FCC) materials. It includes implementing the strain-gradient crystal plasticity (SGCP) theory with irradiation effects and the calibration of simulation parameters using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with experimental data. The proposed method consists of two stages: establishing CPFEM without irradiation effects in stage 1 and modeling irradiation effects based on CPFEM in stage 2. Modeling the nano-indentation test of ion-irradiated stainless steel 304 (SS304) using real experimental data is conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed method. The accuracy of the calibration method using PSO is verified through comparisons between simulation and experimental results for force-indentation depth and hardness-indentation depth relationships under both unirradiated and irradiated conditions. Moreover, effect of ion-irradiation on the mechanical behavior during the nano-indentation of single crystal SS304 is also examined to demonstrate that the proposed method is a powerful approach for nano-indentation modeling of ion-irradiated FCC single crystals using SGCP theory and the PSO algorithm.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.215-223
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• 2012

This paper focuses on three very similar evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), and differential evolution (DE). While GA is more suitable for discrete optimization, PSO and DE are more natural for continuous optimization. The paper first gives a brief introduction to the three EA techniques to highlight the common computational procedures. The general observations on the similarities and differences among the three algorithms based on computational steps are discussed, contrasting the basic performances of algorithms. Summary of relevant literatures is given on job shop, flexible job shop, vehicle routing, location-allocation, and multimode resource constrained project scheduling problems.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.72-84
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• 2024

Plant leaf classification is an imperative task when their use in real world is considered either for medicinal purposes or in agricultural sector. Accurate identification of plants is, therefore, quite important, since there are numerous poisonous plants which if by mistake consumed or used by humans can prove fatal to their lives. Furthermore, in agriculture, detection of certain kinds of weeds can prove to be quite significant for saving crops against such unwanted plants. In general, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) are a suitable candidate for classification of images when small datasets are available. However, these suffer from local minima problems which can be effectively resolved using some global optimization techniques. Considering this issue, the present research paper presents an automated plant leaf classification system using optimized soft computing models in which ANNs are optimized using Grasshopper Optimization algorithm (GOA). In addition, the proposed model outperformed the state-of-the-art techniques when compared with simple ANN and particle swarm optimization based ANN. Results show that proposed GOA-ANN based plant leaf classification system is a promising technique for small image datasets.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.369-375
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• 2017

This study suggests PSO(Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm that optimizes the snowplow route allocation and the location of the snow control material storage to improve the efficiency in snow removal works. The modified PSO algorithm for improving the search capacity is proposed, and this study suggests the solution representation, the parameter setting, and the fitness function for the given optimization problems. Computational experiments in real-world case are carried out to justify the proposed method and compared with the traditional PSO algorithms. The results show that the proposed algorithms can find the better solution than the traditional PSO algorithms by searching for the wider solution space without falling into the local optima. The finding of this study is efficiently employed to solve the optimization of the snowplow route allocation by minimizing the workload of each snowplow to search the location of the snow control material storage as well.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.429-434
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• 2013

This paper proposes a CPSO (Cooperative Particle Swarm Optimization)-based MPC (Model Predictive Control) scheme to deal with formation control problem of multiple nonholonomic mobile robots. In a distributed MPC framework, each robot needs to optimize control input sequence over a finite prediction horizon considering control inputs of the other robots where their cost functions are coupled by the state variables of the neighboring robots. In order to optimize the control input sequence, a CPSO algorithm is adopted and modified to fit into the formation control problem. Experiments are performed on a group of nonholonomic mobile robots to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed CPSO-based MPC for multi-robot formation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.753-755
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• 2005

The Black-Scholes (BS) option pricing model is a landmark in contingent claim theory and has found wide acceptance in financial markets. However, it has a difficulty in the use of the model, because the volatility which is a nonlinear function of the other parameters must be estimated. The more accurately investors are able to estimate this value, the more accurate their estimates of theoretical option values will be. This paper proposes a new model which is based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for finding more precise theoretical values of options in the field of evolutionary computation (EC) than genetic algorithm (GA)or calculus-based search techniques to find estimates of the implied volatility.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.181-182
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 연산 최적화 알고리듬 중 PSO(Particle Swarm Optimization) 알고리듬을 NVIDIA사(社)에서 제공한 CUDA(Compute Unified Device Architecture)를 이용하여 새롭게 구현하였다. CUDA는 CPU가 아닌 GPU(Graphic Processing Unit)의 다양한 병렬 처리 능력을 사용해 복잡한 컴퓨팅 문제를 해결하는 소프트웨어 개발을 가능케 하는 기술이다. 이 기술을 연산 최적화 알고리듬 중 PSO에 적용함으로써 알고리듬의 수행 속도를 개선하였다. CUDA를 적용한 PSO 알고리듬의 검증을 위해 언어 기반으로 프로그래밍하고 다양한 Test Function을 통해 시뮬레이션 하였다. 그리고 기존의 PSO 알고리듬과 비교 분석하였다. 또한 알고리듬의 성능 향상으로 여러 가지 최적화 분야에 적용 할 수 있음을 보인다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.299-313
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• 2014

In the first part of this paper, the influences of some of crack parameters on natural frequencies of a cracked cantilever Functionally Graded Beam (FGB) are studied. A cantilever beam is modeled using Finite Element Method (FEM) and its natural frequencies are obtained for different conditions of cracks. Then effect of variation of depth and location of cracks on natural frequencies of FGB with single and multiple cracks are investigated. In the second part, two Multi-Layer Feed Forward (MLFF) Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are designed for prediction of FGB's Cracks' location and depth. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Back-Error Propagation (BEP) algorithms are applied for training ANNs. The accuracy of two training methods' results are investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06c
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• pp.60-63
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• 2008

바이오칩을 이용하여 유전자를 분석하는데 이때 바이오 칩 분석 시스템을 이용한다. 바이오 칩은 유전자와 실험의 두 축으로 이루어져 있으며 바이오 칩 분석 시스템을 사용하여 바이오 칩에서 자료를 추출하고 필요한 정보를 얻기 위해 데이터를 분석하는 시스템이다. 데이터를 분석하는 기법 중 클러스터링을 사용하는데 유사한 유전자들을 찾아 내어 정해놓은 클러스터로 정의한다. 같은 클러스터 안에 있는 유전자들은 서로 비슷한 성질을 가지고 있기 때문에 사용자들은 이 바이오 칩 으로부터 나온 정보를 효율적이게 사용할 수 있다. 더욱 효율적으로 사용하기 위해 본 논문에서는 방대한 양의 데이터의 최적화에 효율적인 생태계 모방 알고리즘 Particle Swarm Optimization을 이용하여 데이터들을 클러스터링을 하여 분류하는 시스템을 기술하고 있다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.1577-1581
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• 2014

This paper presents a method to minimize torque ripple of a V-type IPMSM using the PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) method with FEM. The proposed algorithm includes one objective function and three design variables for a notch on the surface of a rotor. The simulation model of the V-type IPMSM has 3-phases, 8-poles and 48 slots with 2 notches on the one-pole rotor surface. The arc-angle, length and width of the notch are optimized to minimize the torque ripple of the motor. The cogging torque of the model is reduced by 55.6% and the torque ripple is decreased by 15.5 %. Also, the efficiency of the motor is increased by 15.5 %.