A Rigorous Analysis of the Harmony Search Algorithm: How the Research Community can be Misled by a "Novel" Methodology
A Rigorous Analysis of the Harmony Search Algorithm: How the Research Community can be Misled by a "Novel" Methodology
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10.4018/jamc.2010040104
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2010-04
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D. Weyland
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D. Weyland
近年来，人们提出了许多新颖的（大多是自然启发的）搜索算法。其中之一就是Harmony Search。自2000年采用以来，据报取得了积极成果，并比现有办法有所改进。本文回顾了和声搜索在过去十年中的发展，并对和声搜索方法进行了严格的分析。本文比较和谐搜索著名的搜索启发式称为进化策略。和谐搜索是进化策略的一个特例，作者为论文提供了令人信服的证据，证明和谐研究从根本上被误导了。首要的问题是，这种方法如何能被不准确地描述为一种重大的创新，而不面临其内容或证书的体面挑战。作者研究了这个问题的可能答案，以及通过披露该方法的局限性被系统地忽视的方式来评估其他程序的影响。
In recent years a lot of novel (mostly naturally inspired) search heuristics have been proposed. Among those approaches is Harmony Search. After its introduction in 2000, positive results and improvements over existing approaches have been reported. In this paper, the authors give a review of the developments of Harmony Search during the past decade and perform a rigorous analysis of this approach. This paper compares Harmony Search to the well-known search heuristic called Evolution Strategies. Harmony Search is a special case of Evolution Strategies in which the authors give compelling evidence for the thesis that research in Harmony is fundamentally misguided. The overarching question is how such a method could be inaccurately portrayed as a significant innovation without confronting a respectable challenge of its content or credentials. The authors examine possible answers to this question, and implications for evaluating other procedures by disclosing the way in which limitations of the method have been systematically overlooked.