The Harmony Search Algorithm in Combination with Particle Swarm Optimization and its Application in the Slope Stability Analysis

Author

Li, Liang ; Yu, Guangming ; Chu, Xuesong ; Lu, Shibao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Civil Eng., Qingdao Technol. Univ., Qingdao, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

133

Lastpage

136

Abstract

A mixed search procedure is developed in this paper based on particle swarm optimization and harmony search algorithm, in which an initial solution is first obtained by harmony search algorithm and it is contained in the group of particles and is used in the implementation of particle swarm optimization, This mixed search procedure is applied in the determination of minimum factor of safeties of soil slopes. the results provided by harmony search algorithm, particle swarm optimization and this mixed procedure are compared and the efficiency of this mixed procedure is demonstrated.

Keywords

particle swarm optimisation; search problems; soil; stability; harmony search algorithm; mixed search procedure; particle swarm optimization; slope stability analysis; soil slopes; Civil engineering; Computational intelligence; Electronic mail; Optimization methods; Particle swarm optimization; Safety; Security; Soil; Stability analysis; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence and Security, 2009. CIS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5411-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIS.2009.205

Filename

5375977