eprintid: 11673 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/16/73 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:26:11 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:26:11 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:15:49 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Truong, K.H. creators_name: Nallagownden, P. creators_name: Baharudin, Z. creators_name: Vo, D.N. title: A Quasi-Oppositional-Chaotic Symbiotic Organisms Search algorithm for global optimization problems ispublished: pub keywords: Biology; Distributed power generation; Functions; Global optimization; Local search (optimization); Structural design; Systems engineering, Chaotic local searches; Distributed generation units; Global optimization problems; Opposition-based learning; Optimization problems; Radial distribution networks; Structural design optimization; Symbiotic organisms search, Structural optimization note: cited By 65 abstract: This study proposes an improved version of the Symbiotic Organisms Search (SOS) algorithm called Quasi-Oppositional Chaotic Symbiotic Organisms Search (QOCSOS). This improved algorithm integrated Quasi-Opposition-Based Learning (QOBL) and Chaotic Local Search (CLS) strategies with SOS for a better quality solution and faster convergence. To demonstrate and validate the new algorithm's effectiveness, the authors tested QOCSOS with twenty-six mathematical benchmark functions of different types and dimensions. In addition, QOCSOS optimized placements for distributed generation (DG) units in radial distribution networks and solved five structural design optimization problems, as practical optimization problems challenges. Comparative results showed that QOCSOS provided more accurate solutions than SOS and other methods, suggesting viability in dealing with global optimization problems. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. date: 2019 publisher: Elsevier Ltd official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061439667&doi=10.1016%2fj.asoc.2019.01.043&partnerID=40&md5=d8ff5abe7c772694a19145bf03b6897c id_number: 10.1016/j.asoc.2019.01.043 full_text_status: none publication: Applied Soft Computing Journal volume: 77 pagerange: 567-583 refereed: TRUE issn: 15684946 citation: Truong, K.H. and Nallagownden, P. and Baharudin, Z. and Vo, D.N. (2019) A Quasi-Oppositional-Chaotic Symbiotic Organisms Search algorithm for global optimization problems. Applied Soft Computing Journal, 77. pp. 567-583. ISSN 15684946