1 Search via Probability Algorithm for Single-Objective Optimization Problems

Abstract⎯This paper proposes a new numerical optimization technique, Search via Probability (SP) algorithm, for single-objective optimization problems. The SP algorithm uses probabilities to control the process of searching for optimal solutions. We calculate probabilities of the appearance of a beter solution than the current one, and on the performance of SP algorithm, we create good conditions for its appearance. We test this approach by implementing the SP algorithm on some test single-objective optimization problems, and we find very stable results