An Opposition-Based Group Search Optimizer with Diversity Guidance

Algorithm 2

Procedure of diversity-guided GSO (DGSO) with opposition-based learning (OBL).

/ Diversity-Guided GSO (DGSO) with Opposition-Based Learning (OBL) /

(1) BEGIN

(2) Initialization (Generate uniformly distributed random population);

(3) Opposition-Based Operator (for Group Initialization);

(4) While the termination condition isn’t satisfied

(5) Diversity-Guided Operator;

(6) GSO algorithms;

(7) Opposition-Based Operator (for Generation Jumping)

(8) End While

(9) END