Double direction optimization: a new metaheuristic that performs exploitation and exploration simultaneously

Abstract

This research constructs a novel method called double direction optimization (DDO). DDO is constructed based on swarm intelligence (SI) approach and it does not use any metaphor. As its name suggests, it employs a novel algorithm by performing exploitation and exploration simultaneously which is transformed into two sequential searches. In the 1st search, the motion toward the highest quality agent is combined with the motion toward a randomly taken higher quality agent. In the 2nd search, the motion toward the finest entity is combined with the motion relative to a randomly taken agent. In this work, the efficacy of the DDO is assessed using three use cases: 23 functions, four engineering problems, and an economic emission dispatch (EED) problem. In this assessment, there are five metaheuristics that become the benchmark: crayfish optimization algorithm (COA), hiking optimization (HO), osprey optimization algorithm (OOA), carpet weaver optimization (CWO), and dollmaker optimization algorithm (DOA). The result indicates the supremacy of DDO in high dimension functions and competitiveness of DDO in fixed dimension multimodal functions, four engineering problems, and the EED problem.