Chaotic Immune Clonal Selection Algorithm and Its Application

Immune clonal selection algorithm (ICSA), based on the clonal selection theory proposed by Burnet, has gained much attention in the last decade. ICSA can exploit and explore the solution space in parallel and effectively. However, antibody random initialization and premature convergence are two problems of ICSA. To solve these problems, chaotic initialization mechanism and quantum interference mechanism are introduced into ICSA. Simulation results based on the traveling salesman problems have demonstrated the efficiency and robustness of the novel clonal selection algorithm.