Discussion of article "Population optimization algorithms: Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO)"

 

New article Population optimization algorithms: Invasive Weed Optimization (IWO) has been published:

The amazing ability of weeds to survive in a wide variety of conditions has become the idea for a powerful optimization algorithm. IWO is one of the best algorithms among the previously reviewed ones.

The invasive weed algorithm is great for global search. This algorithm shows good performance, although the best member of the population is not used and there are no mechanisms to protect against potential sticking in local extremes. There is no balance between research and exploitation of the algorithm, but this did not negatively affect the accuracy and speed of the algorithm. This algorithm has other disadvantages as well. The uneven performance of the search throughout the optimization suggests that the performance of the IWO could potentially be higher if the problems voiced above could be solved.

Histogram of algorithm testing results in Figure 4

Author: Andrey Dik