An Intelligent Grey Wolf Optimizer Algorithm for Distributed Compressed Sensing

Distributed Compressed Sensing (DCS) is an important research area of compressed sensing (CS). This paper aims at solving the Distributed Compressed Sensing (DCS) problem based on mixed support model. In solving this problem, the previous proposed greedy pursuit algorithms easily fall into suboptimal solutions. In this paper, an intelligent grey wolf optimizer (GWO) algorithm called DCS-GWO is proposed by combining GWO and q-thresholding algorithm. In DCS-GWO, the grey wolves’ positions are initialized by using the q-thresholding algorithm and updated by using the idea of GWO. Inheriting the global search ability of GWO, DCS-GWO is efficient in finding global optimum solution. The simulation results illustrate that DCS-GWO has better recovery performance than previous greedy pursuit algorithms at the expense of computational complexity

Optimal Portfolio Management for Engineering Problems Using Nonconvex Cardinality Constraint: A Computing Perspective

The problem of portfolio management relates to the selection of optimal stocks, which results in a maximum return to the investor while minimizing the loss. Traditional approaches usually model the portfolio selection as a convex optimization problem and require the calculation of gradient. Note that gradient-based methods can stuck at local optimum for complex problems and the simplification of portfolio optimization to convex, and further solved using gradient-based methods, is at a high cost of solution accuracy. In this paper, we formulate a nonconvex model for the portfolio selection problem, which considers the transaction cost and cardinality constraint, thus better reflecting the decisive factor affecting the selection of portfolio in the real-world. Additionally, constraints are put into the objective function as penalty terms to enforce the restriction. Note that this reformulated problem cannot be readily solved by traditional methods based on gradient search due to its nonconvexity. Then, we apply the Beetle Antennae Search (BAS), a nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm capable of efficient global optimization, to solve the problem. We used a large real-world dataset containing historical stock prices to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm in practical scenarios. Extensive experimental results are presented to further demonstrate the efficacy and scalability of the BAS algorithm. The comparative results are also performed using Particle Swarm Optimizer (PSO), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Pattern Search (PS), and gradient-based fmincon (interior-point search) as benchmarks. The comparison results show that the BAS algorithm is six times faster in the worst case (25 times in the best case) as compared to the rival algorithms while achieving the same level of performance

Development an accurate and stable range-free localization scheme for anisotropic wireless sensor networks

With the high-speed development of wireless radio technology, numerous sensor nodes are integrated into wireless sensor networks, which has promoted plentiful location-based applications that are successfully applied in various fields, such as monitoring natural disasters and post-disaster rescue. Location information is an integral part of wireless sensor networks, without location information, all received data will lose meaning. However, the current localization scheme is based on equipped GPS on every node, which is not cost-efficient and not suitable for large-scale wireless sensor networks and outdoor environments. To address this problem, research scholars have proposed a rangefree localization scheme which only depends on network connectivity. Nevertheless, as the representative range-free localization scheme, Distance Vector-Hop (DV-Hop) localization algorithm demonstrates extremely poor localization accuracy under anisotropic wireless sensor networks. The previous works assumed that the network environment is evenly and uniformly distributed, ignored anisotropic factors in a real setting. Besides, most research academics improved the localization accuracy to a certain degree, but at expense of high communication overhead and computational complexity, which cannot meet the requirements of high-precision applications for anisotropic wireless sensor networks. Hence, finding a fast, accurate, and strong solution to solve the range-free localization problem is still a big challenge. Accordingly, this study aspires to bridge the research gap by exploring a new DV-Hop algorithm to build a fast, costefficient, strong range-free localization scheme. This study developed an optimized variation of the DV-Hop localization algorithm for anisotropic wireless sensor networks. To address the poor localization accuracy problem in irregular C-shaped network topology, it adopts an efficient Grew Wolf Optimizer instead of the least-squares method. The dynamic communication range is introduced to refine hop between anchor nodes, and new parameters are recommended to optimize network protocol to balance energy cost in the initial step. Besides, the weighted coefficient and centroid algorithm is employed to reduce cumulative error by hop count and cut down computational complexity. The developed localization framework is separately validated and evaluated each optimized step under various evaluation criteria, in terms of accuracy, stability, and cost, etc. The results of EGWO-DV-Hop demonstrated superior localization accuracy under both topologies, the average localization error dropped up to 87.79% comparing with basic DV-Hop under C-shaped topology. The developed enhanced DWGWO-DVHop localization algorithm illustrated a favorable result with high accuracy and strong stability. The overall localization error is around 1.5m under C-shaped topology, while the traditional DV-Hop algorithm is large than 20m. Generally, the average localization error went down up to 93.35%, compared with DV-Hop. The localization accuracy and robustness of comparison indicated that the developed DWGWO-DV-Hop algorithm super outperforms the other classical range-free methods. It has the potential significance to be guided and applied in practical location-based applications for anisotropic wireless sensor networks

A New Fusion of Salp Swarm with Sine Cosine for Optimization of Non-linear Functions

The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.The foremost objective of this article is to develop a novel hybrid powerful meta-heuristic that integrates the Salp Swarm Algorithm with Sine Cosine Algorithm (called HSSASCA) for improving the convergence performance with the exploration and exploitation being superior to other comparative standard algorithms. In this method, the position of salp swarm in the search space is updated by using the position equations of sine cosine; hence the best and possible optimal solutions are obtained based on the sine or cosine function. During this process, each salp adopts the information sharing strategy of sine and cosine functions to improve their exploration and exploitation ability. The inspiration behind incorporating changes in Salp Swarm Optimizer Algorithm is to assist the basic approach to avoid premature convergence and to rapidly guide the search towards the probable search space. The algorithm is validated on twenty-two standard mathematical optimization functions and three applications namely the three-bar truss, tension/compression spring and cantilever beam design problems. The aim is to examine and confirm the valuable behaviors of HSSASCA in searching the best solutions for optimization functions. The experimental results reveal that HSSASCA algorithm achieves the highest accuracies with least runtime in comparison with the others

Advances in Architectures, Big Data, and Machine Learning Techniques for Complex Internet of Things Systems

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