Tuning Genetic Algorithm Parameters to Improve Convergence Time
Open Access
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in International Journal of Chemical Engineering
- Vol. 2011, 1-7
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/646917
Abstract
Fermentation processes by nature are complex, time-varying, and highly nonlinear. As dynamic systems their modeling and further high-quality control are a serious challenge. The conventional optimization methods cannot overcome the fermentation processes peculiarities and do not lead to a satisfying solution. As an alternative, genetic algorithms as a stochastic global optimization method can be applied. For the purpose of parameter identification of a fed-batch cultivation ofS. cerevisiaealtogether four kinds of simple and four kinds of multipopulation genetic algorithms have been considered. Each of them is characterized with a different sequence of implementation of main genetic operators, namely, selection, crossover, and mutation. The influence of the most important genetic algorithm parameters—generation gap, crossover, and mutation rates has—been investigated too. Among the considered genetic algorithm parameters, generation gap influences most significantly the algorithm convergence time, saving up to 40% of time without affecting the model accuracy.Keywords
Funding Information
- European Social Fund (BG051PO001-3.3.04/40)
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