Layout Design of Satellite Module Using a Modified Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

Layout design of a satellite module is the problem of arranging a set of components in satellite module such that a set of objectives and constraints are satisfied. This layout is a NP-hard engineering optimization problem. We propose a modified artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC-G for short) to tackle this problem. In the proposed ABC-G algorithm, the onlooker bees not only choose food sources depending on their experience, but also employed a gauss mutation from genetic algorithm to improve local solution, i.e., micro-adjust the placement of layout component. The comparative results with genetic algorithm (GA for short) showed that the ABC-G algorithm outperformed GA and the standard ABC algorithm.