A Novel Teaching-Learning-Based Optimization with Error Correction and Cauchy Distribution for Path Planning of Unmanned Air Vehicle.

Journal: Computational intelligence and neuroscience
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Abstract

Teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) algorithm is a novel heuristic method which simulates the teaching-learning phenomenon of a classroom. However, in the later period of evolution of the TLBO algorithm, the lower exploitation ability and the smaller scope of solutions led to the poor results. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel version of TLBO that is augmented with error correction strategy and Cauchy distribution (ECTLBO) in which Cauchy distribution is utilized to expand the searching space and error correction to avoid detours to achieve more accurate solutions. The experimental results verify that the ECTLBO algorithm has overall better performance than various versions of TLBO and is very competitive with respect to other nine original intelligence optimization algorithms. Finally, the ECTLBO algorithm is also applied to path planning of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and the promising results show the applicability of the ECTLBO algorithm for problem-solving.

Authors

  • Zhibo Zhai
    College of Mechanical and Equipment Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Hebei 056038, China.
  • Guoping Jia
    College of Mechanical and Equipment Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, Hebei 056038, China.
  • Kai Wang
    Department of Rheumatology, The Affiliated Huai'an No. 1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an, Jiangsu, China.