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  • Computational Intelligence
  • Optimization Algorithms
  • Swarm Intelligence

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  • The poor and rich optimization (PRO) algorithm is a bio-inspired meta-heuristic.
  • PRO exhibits limitations in convergence speed, premature convergence, and susceptibility to local optima in complex problems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce an improved poor and rich optimization (IPRO) algorithm.
  • To address the limitations of the original PRO algorithm, enhancing performance on complex optimization tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Dynamically dividing the population into poor and rich sub-populations to balance convergence speed and diversity.
  • Developing a novel updating mechanism for the rich sub-population that learns from global optimum and poor sub-population evolution.
  • Designing a novel updating mechanism for the poor sub-population incorporating rich sub-population and Gaussian distribution learning to maintain diversity.

Main Results:

  • The IPRO algorithm demonstrated competitive advantages in convergence precision and speed.
  • Comparative experiments on the CEC 2013 test suite validated the effectiveness of IPRO against state-of-the-art algorithms.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed IPRO algorithm effectively overcomes the limitations of the original PRO algorithm.
  • IPRO shows significant potential for solving complex function optimization problems efficiently.