Recent advances in differential evolution–an updated survey

S Das, SS Mullick, PN Suganthan - Swarm and evolutionary computation, 2016 - Elsevier
Differential Evolution (DE) is arguably one of the most powerful and versatile evolutionary
optimizers for the continuous parameter spaces in recent times. Almost 5 years have passed …

Dynamics of heterogeneous catalytic processes at operando conditions

X Shi, X Lin, R Luo, S Wu, L Li, ZJ Zhao, J Gong - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rational design of high-performance catalysts is hindered by the lack of knowledge of
the structures of active sites and the reaction pathways under reaction conditions, which can …

ABCluster: the artificial bee colony algorithm for cluster global optimization

J Zhang, M Dolg - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Global optimization of cluster geometries is of fundamental importance in chemistry and an
interesting problem in applied mathematics. In this work, we introduce a relatively new …

Two-dimensional SiS layers with promising electronic and optoelectronic properties: theoretical prediction

JH Yang, Y Zhang, WJ Yin, XG Gong, BI Yakobson… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors can be very useful for novel electronic and
optoelectronic applications because of their good material properties. However, all current …

Global optimization of chemical cluster structures: Methods, applications, and challenges

J Zhang, VA Glezakou - International Journal of Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical clusters are relevant to many applications in catalysis, separations, materials, and
energy sciences. Experimentally, the structure of clusters is difficult to determine, but it is …

NWPEsSe: an adaptive-learning global optimization algorithm for nanosized cluster systems

J Zhang, VA Glezakou, R Rousseau… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Global optimization constitutes an important and fundamental problem in theoretical studies
in many chemical fields, such as catalysis, materials, or separations problems. In this paper …

Differential evolution and underwater glider path planning applied to the short-term opportunistic sampling of dynamic mesoscale ocean structures

A Zamuda, JDH Sosa - Applied Soft Computing, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper presents an approach where differential evolution is applied to underwater glider
path planning. The objective of a glider is to reach a target location and gather research data …

Constrained differential evolution optimization for underwater glider path planning in sub-mesoscale eddy sampling

A Zamuda, JDH Sosa, L Adler - Applied Soft Computing, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents an approach for tackling constrained underwater glider path planning
(UGPP), where the feasible path area is defined as a corridor around the border of an ocean …

Inverse design of materials by multi-objective differential evolution

YY Zhang, W Gao, S Chen, H Xiang… - Computational Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Inverse design is a promising approach in the realm of material science for finding structures
with desired property. We developed a new package with novel algorithm for inverse design …

A hybrid differential evolution algorithm for mixed-variable optimization problems

Y Lin, Y Liu, WN Chen, J Zhang - Information Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Mixed-variable optimization problems (MVOPs) that involve continuous and discrete
decision variables widely exist in industrial and scientific domains. However, how to solve …