title: Harmony search method: theory and applications.
abstract: The Harmony Search (HS) method is an emerging metaheuristic optimization algorithm, which has been employed to cope with numerous challenging tasks during the past decade. In this paper, the essential theory and applications of the HS algorithm are first described and reviewed. Several typical variants of the original HS are next briefly explained. As an example of case study, a modified HS method inspired by the idea of Pareto-dominance-based ranking is also presented. It is further applied to handle a practical wind generator optimal design problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Technology, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry 605 014, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Govindasamy
authors.affiliation: College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zenger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000465:Algorithms; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014919:Wind