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

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 ev...

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Main Authors: Qin, Feng, Mohd Zain, Azlan, Yusup, Norfadzlan, Prasetya, Didik Dwi, Abdul Jalil, Rozita, Bahari, Mahadi, Kamin, Yusri, Abdul Majid, Mazlina
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author Qin, Feng
Mohd Zain, Azlan
Yusup, Norfadzlan
Prasetya, Didik Dwi
Abdul Jalil, Rozita
Bahari, Mahadi
Kamin, Yusri
Abdul Majid, Mazlina
author_facet Qin, Feng
Mohd Zain, Azlan
Yusup, Norfadzlan
Prasetya, Didik Dwi
Abdul Jalil, Rozita
Bahari, Mahadi
Kamin, Yusri
Abdul Majid, Mazlina
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description 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 evolution (DE) and Lévy flight (LF) techniques to enhance the performance of HSA. HSA-DELF leverages multi-mutation strategies of DE and LF random walk combined with weighted individuals to improve exploration and exploitation based on population fitness standard deviation comparison, and adopts pairwise iterative updates of the population to achieve faster convergence and higher solution quality. Extensive experiments were conducted to validate performance on 23 classic benchmark functions and 12 CEC 2022 benchmark functions, followed by comprehensive testing on 7 engineering problems, demonstrating the superiority of HSA-DELF. Comparative analysis with 5 well-known algorithms (HSA, DE, CSA, GA, and PSO) and 4 HSA variants (IHS, MHSA, IHSDE, and IMGHSA) confirmed the robustness of HSADELF. Statistical results, including best, mean, standard deviation, and worst values, consistently highlight the superior performance of HSA-DELF in terms of convergence speed, solution quality, and robustness. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test further corroborated these significant advantages. HSA-DELF showed notable improvements in 6 out of 7 engineering problems, achieving an accuracy of 85.71%. This study establishes HSA-DELF as an effective and reliable method for solving complex engineering optimization problems.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-127052025-06-20T08:19:14Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12705/ Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization Qin, Feng Mohd Zain, Azlan Yusup, Norfadzlan Prasetya, Didik Dwi Abdul Jalil, Rozita Bahari, Mahadi Kamin, Yusri Abdul Majid, Mazlina QA Mathematics 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 evolution (DE) and Lévy flight (LF) techniques to enhance the performance of HSA. HSA-DELF leverages multi-mutation strategies of DE and LF random walk combined with weighted individuals to improve exploration and exploitation based on population fitness standard deviation comparison, and adopts pairwise iterative updates of the population to achieve faster convergence and higher solution quality. Extensive experiments were conducted to validate performance on 23 classic benchmark functions and 12 CEC 2022 benchmark functions, followed by comprehensive testing on 7 engineering problems, demonstrating the superiority of HSA-DELF. Comparative analysis with 5 well-known algorithms (HSA, DE, CSA, GA, and PSO) and 4 HSA variants (IHS, MHSA, IHSDE, and IMGHSA) confirmed the robustness of HSADELF. Statistical results, including best, mean, standard deviation, and worst values, consistently highlight the superior performance of HSA-DELF in terms of convergence speed, solution quality, and robustness. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test further corroborated these significant advantages. HSA-DELF showed notable improvements in 6 out of 7 engineering problems, achieving an accuracy of 85.71%. This study establishes HSA-DELF as an effective and reliable method for solving complex engineering optimization problems. Ieee Accses 2025 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12705/1/J19536_94558b9d33d2835479dea9a77e099529.pdf Qin, Feng and Mohd Zain, Azlan and Yusup, Norfadzlan and Prasetya, Didik Dwi and Abdul Jalil, Rozita and Bahari, Mahadi and Kamin, Yusri and Abdul Majid, Mazlina (2025) Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization. Digital Object Identifier. pp. 13534-13572. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3529714
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
Qin, Feng
Mohd Zain, Azlan
Yusup, Norfadzlan
Prasetya, Didik Dwi
Abdul Jalil, Rozita
Bahari, Mahadi
Kamin, Yusri
Abdul Majid, Mazlina
Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization
title Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization
title_full Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization
title_fullStr Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization
title_full_unstemmed Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization
title_short Hybrid Harmony Search Algorithm Integrating Differential Evolution and Lévy Flight for Engineering Optimization
title_sort hybrid harmony search algorithm integrating differential evolution and lévy flight for engineering optimization
topic QA Mathematics
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/12705/1/J19536_94558b9d33d2835479dea9a77e099529.pdf
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