Research Article

Application of Improved Particle Swarm Optimization in Vehicle Crashworthiness

Table 1

Comparison of algorithm performance.

Test functionOptimal solutionWorst  
solution
Average solution

Improved particle swarm optimizationSphere3.6×10−54.5×10−53.9×10−5

Particle swarm optimizationSphere6.7×10−28.2×10−27.1×10−2

Improved particle swarm optimizationRosenbrock1.2×10−11.6×10−11.4×10−1

Particle swarm optimizationRosenbrock1.92.42.0

Improved particle swarm optimizationRastrigin9.8×10−41.7×10−31.3×10−3

Particle swarm optimizationRastrigin9.7×10−22.1×10−11.8×10−1

Improved particle swarm optimizationGriewank4.2×10−29.3×10−25.8×10−2

Particle swarm optimizationGriewank4.0×10−15.1×10−14.8×10−1