Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning

We propose the adaptive t-distribution spiral search Dung Beetle Optimization (TSDBO) Algorithm to address the limitations of the vanilla Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm (DBO), such as vulnerability to local optima, weak convergence speed, and poor convergence accuracy. Specifically, we introduce...

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Main Authors: Kezhen Liu, Yongqiang Dai, Huan Liu
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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description We propose the adaptive t-distribution spiral search Dung Beetle Optimization (TSDBO) Algorithm to address the limitations of the vanilla Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm (DBO), such as vulnerability to local optima, weak convergence speed, and poor convergence accuracy. Specifically, we introduced an improved Tent chaotic mapping-based population initialization method to enhance the distribution quality of the initial population in the search space. Additionally, we employed a dynamic spiral search strategy during the reproduction phase and an adaptive t-distribution perturbation strategy during the foraging phase to enhance global search efficiency and the capability of escaping local optima. Experimental results demonstrate that TSDBO exhibits significant improvements in all aspects compared to other modified algorithms across 12 benchmark tests. Furthermore, we validated the practicality and reliability of TSDBO in robotic path planning applications, where it shortened the shortest path by 5.5–7.2% on a 10 × 10 grid and by 11.9–14.6% on a 20 × 20 grid.
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spelling doaj-art-3158db307ab7410f806f97375c295a792025-01-10T13:15:25ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-0115139610.3390/app15010396Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path PlanningKezhen Liu0Yongqiang Dai1Huan Liu2College of Information Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaCollege of Information Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, ChinaWe propose the adaptive t-distribution spiral search Dung Beetle Optimization (TSDBO) Algorithm to address the limitations of the vanilla Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm (DBO), such as vulnerability to local optima, weak convergence speed, and poor convergence accuracy. Specifically, we introduced an improved Tent chaotic mapping-based population initialization method to enhance the distribution quality of the initial population in the search space. Additionally, we employed a dynamic spiral search strategy during the reproduction phase and an adaptive t-distribution perturbation strategy during the foraging phase to enhance global search efficiency and the capability of escaping local optima. Experimental results demonstrate that TSDBO exhibits significant improvements in all aspects compared to other modified algorithms across 12 benchmark tests. Furthermore, we validated the practicality and reliability of TSDBO in robotic path planning applications, where it shortened the shortest path by 5.5–7.2% on a 10 × 10 grid and by 11.9–14.6% on a 20 × 20 grid.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/396dung beetle optimization algorithmdynamic spiral searchadaptive t-distribution perturbationsingle-objective optimizationpath planning
spellingShingle Kezhen Liu
Yongqiang Dai
Huan Liu
Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning
Applied Sciences
dung beetle optimization algorithm
dynamic spiral search
adaptive t-distribution perturbation
single-objective optimization
path planning
title Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning
title_full Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning
title_fullStr Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning
title_short Improvement of Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm Application to Robot Path Planning
title_sort improvement of dung beetle optimization algorithm application to robot path planning
topic dung beetle optimization algorithm
dynamic spiral search
adaptive t-distribution perturbation
single-objective optimization
path planning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/1/396
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