Fireworks Algorithm for Unconstrained Function Optimization Problems

Modern real world science and engineering problems can be classified as multi-objective optimisation problems which demand for expedient and efficient stochastic algorithms to respond to the optimization needs. This paper presents an object-oriented software application that implements a firework optimization algorithm for function optimization problems. The algorithm, a kind of parallel diffuse optimization algorithm is based on the explosive phenomenon of fireworks. The algorithm presented promising results when compared to other population or iterative based meta-heuristic algorithm after it was experimented on five standard ben-chmark problems. The software application was implemented in Java with interactive interface which allow for easy modification and extended expe-rimentation. Additionally, this paper validates the effect of runtime on the al-gorithm performance.