Hybrid Whale Optimization with a Firefly Algorithm for Function Optimization and Mobile Robot Path Planning

Tao Tian

doi:10.3390/biomimetics9010039

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Hybrid Whale Optimization with a Firefly Algorithm for Function Optimization and Mobile Robot Path Planning

2024-01-08

DOI：10.3390/biomimetics9010039

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With the wide application of mobile robots, mobile robot path planning (MRPP) has attracted the attention of scholars, and many metaheuristic algorithms have been used to solve MRPP. Swarm-based algorithms are suitable for solving MRPP due to their population-based computational approach. Hence, this paper utilizes the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) to address the problem, aiming to improve the solution accuracy. Whale optimization algorithm (WOA) is an algorithm that imitates whale foraging behavior, and the firefly algorithm (FA) is an algorithm that imitates firefly behavior. This paper proposes a hybrid firefly-whale optimization algorithm (FWOA) based on multi-population and opposite-based learning using the above algorithms. This algorithm can quickly find the optimal path in the complex mobile robot working environment and can balance exploitation and exploration. In order to verify the FWOA's performance, 23 benchmark functions have been used to test the FWOA, and they are used to optimize the MRPP. The FWOA is compared with ten other classical metaheuristic algorithms. The results clearly highlight the remarkable performance of the Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) in terms of convergence speed and exploration capability, surpassing other algorithms. Consequently, when compared to the most advanced metaheuristic algorithm, FWOA proves to be a strong competitor.

Keywords:

whale optimization algorithm

firefly algorithm

opposite-based learning

mobile robot path planning

multi-population

hybrid metaheuristic algorithm

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