Title
A multi-core CPU and many-core GPU based fast parallel shuffled complex evolution global optimization approach.
Abstract
In the field of hydrological modelling, the global and automatic parameter calibration has been a hot issue for many years. Among automatic parameter optimization algorithms, the shuffled complex evolution developed at the University of Arizona (SCE-UA) is the most successful method for stably and robustly locating the global “best” parameter values. Ever since the invention of the SCE-UA, the profession suddenly has a consistent way to calibrate watershed models. However, the computational efficiency of the SCE-UA significantly deteriorates when coping with big data and complex models. For the purpose of solving the efficiency problem, the recently emerging heterogeneous parallel computing (parallel computing by using the multi-core CPU and many-core GPU) was applied in the parallelization and acceleration of the SCE-UA. The original serial and proposed parallel SCE-UA were compared to test the performance based on the Griewank benchmark function. The comparison results indicated that the parallel SCE-UA converged much faster than the serial version and its optimization accuracy was the same as the serial version. It has a promising application prospect in the field of fast hydrological model parameter optimization.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/TPDS.2016.2575822
IEEE Trans. Parallel Distrib. Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Optimization,Water resources,Algorithm design and analysis,Parallel processing,Computational modeling,Calibration,Genetic algorithms
Hydrological modelling,Algorithm design,Global optimization,Computer science,Parallel computing,Meta-optimization,Acceleration,Multi-core processor,Big data,Genetic algorithm
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
2
1045-9219
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.39
11
Authors
13
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Guang-Yuan Kan1201.89
Tianjie Lei222.08
Ke Liang361.51
Jiren Li4114.13
Liuqian Ding520.73
Xiaoyan He661.17
Haijun Yu720.73
Dawei Zhang820.39
Depeng Zuo931.43
Zhenxin Bao1032.11
Mark Amo-Boateng1120.39
Youbing Hu1250.81
Mengjie Zhang133777300.33