2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
3. Charged System Search Algorithm
Abstract
This chapter consists of two parts. In the first part, an optimization algorithm based on some principles from physics and mechanics, which is known as the charged system search (CSS) [1]. In this algorithm the governing Coulomb law from electrostatics and the Newtonian laws of mechanics. CSS is a multi-agent approach in which each agent is a charged particle (CP). CPs can affect each other based on their fitness values and their separation distances. The quantity of the resultant force is determined by using the electrostatics laws, and the quality of the movement is determined using Newtonian mechanics laws. CSS can be utilized in all optimization fields; especially it is suitable for non-smooth or non-convex domains. CSS needs neither the gradient information nor the continuity of the search space.
