A comparison of optimization techniques for Loney's solenoids design: An alternative tabu search algorithm

A global optimization procedure based on Tabu Search metaheuristic is appli ed to solve electromagnetic inverse problems. In particular, some benchmark problems have been considered consisting of designing systems of Loney's s olenoids. The results obtained implementing different Tabu Search strategie s are compared to those presented in the literature. The comparison shows t hat the optimality of the solutions can be noticeably improved without incr easing the computational effort. However, the importance of using hybrid he uristics has been highlighted in the case of difficult problems.