Print Email Facebook Twitter OPTIMUS: Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution with Ensemble of Mutation Strategies for Grasshopper Algorithmic Modeling Title OPTIMUS: Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution with Ensemble of Mutation Strategies for Grasshopper Algorithmic Modeling Author Çubukçuoglu, C. (TU Delft Design Informatics; Yasar University) Ekici, B. (TU Delft Design Informatics) Tasgetiren, M. Fatih (Istinye University) Sariyildiz, I.S. (TU Delft Design Informatics) Date 2019 Abstract Most of the architectural design problems are basically real-parameter optimization problems. So, any type of evolutionary and swarm algorithms can be used in this field. However, there is a little attention on using optimization methods within the computer aided design (CAD) programs. In this paper, we present Optimus, which is a new optimization tool for grasshopper algorithmic modeling in Rhinoceros CAD software. Optimus implements self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm with ensemble of mutation strategies (jEDE). We made an experiment using standard test problems in the literature and some of the test problems proposed in IEEE CEC 2005. We reported minimum, maximum, average, standard deviations and number of function evaluations of five replications for each function. Experimental results on the benchmark suite showed that Optimus (jEDE) outperforms other optimization tools, namely Galapagos (genetic algorithm), SilverEye (particle swarm optimization), and Opossum (RbfOpt) by finding better results for 19 out of 20 problems. For only one function, Galapagos presented slightly better result than Optimus. Ultimately, we presented an architectural design problem and compared the tools for testing Optimus in the design domain. We reported minimum, maximum, average and number of function evaluations of one replication for each tool. Galapagos and Silvereye presented infeasible results, whereas Optimus and Opossum found feasible solutions. However, Optimus discovered a much better fitness result than Opossum. As a conclusion, we discuss advantages and limitations of Optimus in comparison to other tools. The target audience of this paper is frequent users of parametric design modelling e.g., architects, engineers, designers. The main contribution of this paper is summarized as follows. Optimus showed that near-optimal solutions of architectural design problems can be improved by testing different types of algorithms with respect to no-free lunch theorem. Moreover, Optimus facilitates implementing different type of algorithms due to its modular system. Subject grasshopperoptimizationdifferential evolutionarchitectural designcomputational designperformance based designbuilding performance optimizationsingle-objective optimizationarchitectural design optimizationparametric designGrasshopperArchitectural designParametric designBuilding performance optimizationOptimizationSingle-objective optimizationPerformance based designArchitectural design optimizationComputational designDifferential evolution To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d5f20480-cee7-4142-b31e-06d2b9cf1b64 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/a12070141 ISSN 1999-4893 Source Algorithms, 12 (7) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 C. Çubukçuoglu, B. Ekici, M. Fatih Tasgetiren, I.S. Sariyildiz Files PDF algorithms_12_00141.pdf 5.97 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d5f20480-cee7-4142-b31e-06d2b9cf1b64/datastream/OBJ/view