A comparative study of Improved Bat Algorithm and Bat Algorithm on numerical benchmarks

Optimization is employed in solutions of many problems today. Optimization is described as finding the most suitable alternative among many others under the given constraints. Meta-heuristic algorithms used in solutions of the problems are developed upon the behaviors of living creatures in the nature. One of these is Bat Algorithm (BA), an optimization method based on swarm intelligence. BA is a numerical optimization technique developed in recent times. In this paper, it is aimed at improving Bat Algorithm (IBA) by using Differential Evolution Algorithm population strategy instead of population generation method of BA. IBA was tested on 17 benchmark functions with different characteristics. Suggested method has been seen to exhibit better results compared to the original BA.