This presentation will put forth four straightforward, but successful implementations of natural systems inspired optimization for the design of complex systems in continuous (or real) valued spaces. These nature-based paradigms range in fidelity with their natural systems origins but seek to leverage the structures and operations of nature doing what it does best –system optimization, adaptability to dynamic environments, robustness, and flexibility. More specifically, the well-known, but often misunderstood and misused, natural system computational paradigms of evolutionary strategies and particle swarm optimization will be considered. The four diverse applications are (1) the location of semi-obnoxious facilities in municipalities considering transport costs and social costs, (2) the design of large order picking warehouses considering travel distance, (3) the design of an airfoil for a flying drone considering drag and lift, and (4) ad hoc network connectivity through drone positioning.
Speaker(s): Alice Smith,
Agenda:
6:00 PM – Welcome and Introductions, Chapter business update;
6:05 PM – Technical Talk
7:00 PM – End of technical Talk, Start of Q & A7:15 PM – Wrap Up!
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Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/382031